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Neanderthals were the only human group in Europe throughout the Late Pleistocene until the arrival of modern humans, and while their presence has been confirmed in the surrounding regions, no Neanderthal fossils are known to date from the... more
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      Paleoanthropology, Balkan prehistory, Neanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology), Neandertals
The position of the corpse of Regourdou 1 has never been discussed on the basis of available documents related to its 1957 discovery and the subsequent 1961-64 excavations. Considering new data (Bordes’ field notes, 2 unpublished... more
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      Taphonomy, Death and Burial (Archaeology), Neandertals, Excavations
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      Cultural Studies, European Studies, Prehistoric Archaeology, Anthropology
Un site d'occupation longue (190 000-150 000 ans) parfaite-ment fouille´,fouille´, analyseétanalyseét´analyseététudie´analyseététudie´,possè de une remarquable possi-bilite´dbilite´d'enfin apercevoir des traits anthropologiques essentiels... more
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      Religion, Archaeology, Mythology, Philosophy
The “fossil fever” began a long time ago and the temperature has gradually increased for the Perigourdin Roger Constant (1921- 2002). The long-awaited day when he was the one who discovered an important fact about the ancestors of Lascaux... more
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      Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Human Evolution, Death and Burial (Archaeology)
Although recently the internal structure of the non-supranuchal fossa of Homo sapiens has been described and compared to that observed in the Neandertal suprainiac fossa, until now it has not been examined in any modern human children. In... more
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      Evolutionary Biology, Anthropology, Neandertals
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      Cultural Studies, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Science, Prehistoric Archaeology
Presented at Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) conference 2017 at Cardiff University, in the session '(S-ite)rations: Memory, Forgetting and the Temporal Architecture of Place'. Middle Palaeolithic occupations are often only evaluated... more
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      Palimpsests, Neanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology), Middle Palaeolithic, Mobility
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      Archaeology, Paleoanthropology, Human Evolution, Stone Age (Archaeology)
excavations of Bukovac cave indicate that humans utilized the cave infrequently and that the site was primarily a den for cave bears (Ursus spelaeus). human presence is indicated by only two artifacts, a massive-based bone point (found in... more
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      Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Croatian History, Prehistoric Europe (Archaeology)
Presentación de charla divulgativa. Peesentation for Science Dissemination talk. Nota bene Material educativo. Imágenes de múltiples autores incluidas como Uso Legítimo. La PI y/o copyright son propiedad de cada autor/a individual y/o... more
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      Neanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology), Neandertals, Neandertales, Homo neanderthalensis
Regourdou is a well-known Middle Paleolithic site which has yielded the fossil remains of a minimum of two Neandertal individuals. The first individual (Regourdou 1) is represented by a partial skeleton while the second one is represented... more
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      Neandertals, Late Pleistocene, Calcaneus, Homo neanderthalensis
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      Prehistoric Archaeology, Palaeolithic Archaeology, Prehistory, Belgium
Middle Palaeolithic sites frequently present bones with a double function, linked to subsistence and technology, and which are generally referred to as “retouchers” or “bone retouchers”. These have been identified in several European... more
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      Zooarchaeology, Taphonomy, Pleistocene, Middle Palaeolithic
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      Anthropology, Humanities, Philosophical Anthropology, Death
What does it mean to be human? What makes us unique among all other organisms on Earth? Is it cooperation? Conflict? Creativity? Cognition? There happens to be one anatomical feature that distinguishes modern humans (Homo sapiens) from... more
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      Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Human Evolution, Hybridization
Programa del curso impartido en la Universidad de Murcia del 23 de noviembre al 21 de diciembre de 2018. Máster en Mediación.
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      Conflict, War Studies, Conflict Resolution, Carl Schmitt
A B S T R A C T In 1995, an unusually perforated femur of a juvenile cave bear was found in the Divje babe I Palaeolithic cave site in Slovenia. The supposition that it could be a flute led to heated debates. According to its... more
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      Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Music, Palaeolithic Archaeology
Objectives: The Galería de las Estatuas site (GE), a new Mousterian site at the Sierra de Atapuerca site complex (Spain), has revealed a Late Pleistocene detrital sequence with at least five lithostratigraphic units. These units have... more
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      Neandertals, Late Pleistocene, Neanderthals, Atapuerca
The authors begin on a good note by noting that species is the only taxonomic level with a definite biological foundation, namely the restricted ability of one species to successfully interbreed with another species. They then muddy their... more
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      Paleoanthropology, Human Evolution, Speciation, Neanderthals (Palaeolithic Archaeology)