Tag: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Ancient dog genomes show wide Palaeolithic distribution in western Eurasia
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in ArchaeologyGenetic analysis of ancient dog remains reveals widespread distribution of homogeneous dog populations across Europe and Anatolia during the Late Upper Palaeolithic, suggesting dogs were exchanged.
Drimolen fossils show mixed hominin postcranial remains
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in PaleontologyAnalysis of 28 postcranial fossils from Drimolen Main Quarry, South Africa, dated 2 million years ago, revealing locomotor capabilities and skeletal morphology of Paranthropus robustus and early Homo.
Tweefontein Nubian cores form part of a broader reduction continuum
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in Archaeology3D geometric morphometric analysis of Nubian Levallois cores at Tweefontein reveals prepared core technologies exist on a continuum rather than discrete categories, challenging traditional.
New dates refine the age of La Ferrassie 1
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in ArchaeologyPaleoproteomics and radiocarbon dating refine chronology of La Ferrassie 1 Neanderthal skeleton, placing it within the Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition and Châtelperronian cultural complex.
Aurignacian signs were deliberate and conventional
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in ArchaeologyResearch reveals that early modern humans 40,000 years ago used systematic geometric sign systems on Aurignacian artifacts, demonstrating proto-writing complexity comparable to later writing systems.
Neanderthal and modern human interbreeding was strongly sex biased
Analysis of Neanderthal X chromosomes reveals sex-biased interbreeding with modern humans, showing mating preferences shaped ancient admixture patterns more than migration alone.
