Radical AnthropologyOct 12

Will always listen to archaeologist João Zilhão on #Neanderthal symbolic behaviours.

'For western Eurasia, our review supports the Assimilation model, whereby ten millennia of converging cultural developments and increased demic interaction bridge the initial (Neandertal) and final (Cro-Magnon) terms of a complex evolutionary and historical process'

#Châtelperronian #InitialUpperPalaeolithic #Homosapiens

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950236524000355

Matt WillemsenAug 24, 2023
Unknown 'anatomically modern human lineage' discovered from 40,000-year-old hip bone
Fossil found in France is not quite modern human and not quite Neanderthal.
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/unknown-anatomically-modern-human-lineage-discovered-from-40000-year-old-hip-bone #neanderthal #no #ModernHuman #no #france #HipBone #2Euro #Châtelperronian
Unknown 'anatomically modern human lineage' discovered from 40,000-year-old hip bone

Fossil found in France is not quite modern human and not quite Neanderthal.

Live Science
Dr. Isabelle CrevecoeurAug 19, 2023
Geoarchaeology, macro/micro stratigrapgy to contextualize the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition at St Césaire, France
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277379123002664?via%3Dihub
I'm extremely happy it is out ! This central study is the result of 10 yrs of thorough fieldwork at Saint-Césaire. It paves the way to relevant interpretation of its archaeological context #Neandertals #Homosapiens #Prehistory #Archaeology #Mousterian #Chatelperronian #Aurignacian
Jens NotroffMay 13, 2023

Prehistoric patent litigation: Who invented #Châtelperronian tools, #Neanderthals or #HomoSapiens?

And would this imply two earlier #colonisation waves of anatomically modern humans into #Europe than previously thought?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/07/revealed-modern-humans-needed-three-tries-and-12000-years-to-colonise-europe via #Guardian #TheObserver

Revealed: modern humans needed three tries – and 12,000 years – to colonise Europe

Homo sapiens forced out Neanderthals between 54,000 and 42,000 years ago, according to controversial new research

The Guardian