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Recent papers in Neandertal
This paper, which was published in 2008, predicted that modern lineages from outside sub-Saharan Africa would have a small admixture of Neanderthal genes (up to 4%, as it turns out, from recent analyses of the Neanderthal genome) from... more
The late persistence in Southern Iberia of a Neandertal-associated Middle Paleolithic is supported by the archeological stratigraphy and the radiocarbon and luminescence dating of three newly excavated localities in the Mula basin of... more
Carbon and nitrogen isotopic abundances of fossil bone collagen reflect those of the average diet, and they can be preserved for tens of thousands of years under favourable conditions. Spy Neandertals offer a favourable case for the use... more
This paper extends an earlier proposal in Rock Art Research (2008, Vol. 25, No. 1 (May), pp. 101–116) that the Neanderthal lineage adapted to cold climates by acquiring one or more forms of biological insulation. It also adjusts parallel... more
These are the slides of a presentation made during the International workshop: Retouching the Paleolithic.
Call for Papers 40 years of Casal de' Pazzi: The site within the Pleistocene archaeo-palaeontological framework between 400.000 and 40.000 years BP - Current knowledge and new research perspectives March, 30th – April, 1st 2022... more
Bone fragments of large anadromous salmon in the Middle Palaeolithic archaeological layers of Kudaro 3 cave (Caucasus) suggested fish consumption by archaic Hominins, such as Neandertals. However, large carnivores such as Asiatic cave... more
Chapter 5 Neanderthal Landscapes and Their Home Environment: Flora and Fauna Records from Level J Ethel Allué, Francesc Burjachs, Ana Garcıa, Juan Manuel López-Garcıa, Maria Benna`sar, Florent Rivals, Hugues-Alexandre Blain, Isabel... more
Le récolement des collections du Musée national de Préhistoire a permis, lors du travail sur la faune découverte au cours des fouilles de F. Bordes à Combe-Grenal, site de référence, l'identification d'un nouveau fossile humain,... more
Chapter 5 Neanderthal Landscapes and Their Home Environment: Flora and Fauna Records from Level J Ethel Allué, Francesc Burjachs, Ana Garcıa, Juan Manuel López-Garcıa, Maria Benna`sar, Florent Rivals, Hugues-Alexandre Blain, Isabel... more
Chapter 5 Neanderthal Landscapes and Their Home Environment: Flora and Fauna Records from Level J Ethel Allué, Francesc Burjachs, Ana Garcıa, Juan Manuel López-Garcıa, Maria Benna`sar, Florent Rivals, Hugues-Alexandre Blain, Isabel... more
A Arte Neandertal, por Vinícius Mendes, revista Istoé, edição n. 2686, p. 48. 14 de julho de 2021.
International Science Times reports that a Harvard Medical School professor, George Church, has reconstructed Neanderthal DNA and is looking for "an adventurous female human" to be the surrogate mother for a hybrid human-Neanderthal... more
ABSTRACT On the basis of comparisons between the relative thickness of the walls of Neanderthal limb bones to those of the average modern human and the observation that bone mass increases as modern individuals add weight, this... more
The article presents first and preliminary results of an experimental study conducted as a part of the multidisciplinary exploration of the Middle Paleolithic complexes in Chagyrskaya Cave in 2017. Research program included physical... more
Chapter 5 Neanderthal Landscapes and Their Home Environment: Flora and Fauna Records from Level J Ethel Allué, Francesc Burjachs, Ana Garcıa, Juan Manuel López-Garcıa, Maria Benna`sar, Florent Rivals, Hugues-Alexandre Blain, Isabel... more