charring auhMar 2
Stone Age shell pendants in the Aquitaine region of France, dating back to the #UpperPaleolithic (notably the #Aurignacian and Gravettian periods~25,000–35,000+ years ago), include perforated marine gastropods like Littorina and Dentalium found at sites like Abri
Radical AnthropologySep 11, 2025

Early habitation of Central #Iberia by #Homosapiens adapting to a harsh climate. Evidence from the faunal remains points towards multiple human occupations between 36,200–26,260 years ago, during the #Aurignacian and #Gravettian periods.

https://archaeologymag.com/2025/09/early-humans-in-iberia-were-skilled-hunters/

Hominides.comAug 4, 2025
Bloc gravé – Abri Castanet – Castel Merle – Musée nationale de préhistoire des Eyzies – Photo Kroko pour Hominides.com
#artparietal #artprehistorique #prehistoricart #gravure #engraved #castelmerle #sergeac #perigord #dordogne #museenationalprehistoireeyzies #aurignacien #aurignacian
https://www.hominides.com/musees-et-sites/abri-castanet/
readbeanicecreamJun 28, 2025

40,000-year-old mammoth tusk boomerang found in Poland may be the oldest in the world

https://archaeologymag.com/2025/06/mammoth-tusk-boomerang-found-in-poland/

#archaeology #anthropology #ancienthistory #prehistory #history #poland #australia #Paleolithic #Aurignacian

40,000-year-old mammoth tusk boomerang found in Poland may be the oldest in the world

A 42,000-year-old mammoth ivory boomerang from Obłazowa Cave, Poland, rewrites the origins of boomerangs and symbolic tools in human history.

Archaeology News Online Magazine
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
Jacopo GennaiNov 24, 2022

Intro!

I am an #Early #Career #scientist my passion is understanding the Middle to Upper #Palaeolithic Transition, therefore late #Neanderthals and the earliest European Homo Sapiens.
Currently, I joined UniPisa for a MSCA project defining raw material use in late Neanderthal and in the only #Aurignacian stratified site of northwestern Tuscany #MobiliTy