Genetic signatures from the Paleolithic inhabitants of Eurasia can be traced from the early divergent mitochondrial DNA lineages still present in contemporary human populations. Previous studies already suggested a pre-Neolithic diffusion of mitochondrial haplogroup HV*(xH,V) lineages, a relatively rare class of mtDNA types that includes parallel branches mainly distributed across Europe and We...

T Levallois reduction strategy has long been considered a hallmark of the Middle Paleolithic of Western Eurasia (Bordes 1953) and the Middle Stone Age of Africa (Goodwin 1929). However, both the definition of the technique and its possible significance remain controversial paleoanthropological issues (see papers in Dibble and Bar-Yosef 1995). Sandgathe’s volume, based on his doctoral thesis, re...

The Levant is a region in the Near East with an impressive record of continuous human existence and major cultural developments since the Paleolithic period. Genetic and archeological studies present solid evidence placing the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula as the first stepping-stone outside Africa. There is, however, little understanding of demographic changes in the Middle East, parti...

Abstract A commonly identified problem in open-air sites is the poor preservation of bone surfaces because multiple agents and processes that act on them. In these assemblages, surface modifications anthropic origin can be scarce or null, its activity mainly inferred through stone tools evidence anthropogenic breakage. Carnivore also frequent. La Mina El Forn (Barranc de la Boella), Isernia Pin...

Ghār-e Boof is a Paleolithic cave site in Iran well known for its rich early Upper Rostamian assemblages. The located on the edge of Dasht-e Rostam plain southern Zagros. Recent excavations by members Tübingen-Iranian Stone Age Research Project at also recovered well-stratified Middle Here, we provide first detailed luminescence chronology and site. More generally, our work Zagros Mountains reg...