In this post we present evidence of Naval Trade in the Aegean already since the Late Pleistocene. Continue reading “Obsidian dating provides proof for Naval Trade in the Aegean during the Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene (13-10,000 yBP)”
Cave art from Sulawesi, Indonesia ~40 kyr ago
Sulawesi is the world’s eleventh largest island and the biggest and probably oldest in Wallacea, the zone of oceanic islands between continental Asia and Australia. Continue reading “Cave art from Sulawesi, Indonesia ~40 kyr ago”
Four late Pleistocene-early Holocene skulls from Tulum in Mexico show surprising diversity – Cranial remains from El Pit I show possible morphological affinities with European populations
Debate about the origins of the earliest humans in the Americas has relied on relatively little data, in part due to the rarity of early human remains in North America. Continue reading “Four late Pleistocene-early Holocene skulls from Tulum in Mexico show surprising diversity – Cranial remains from El Pit I show possible morphological affinities with European populations”
Hominin presence in the Philippines 709,000 years ago
An international team of researchers led by Dr Thomas Ingicco from the Museum national d’Histoire naturelle, France discovered the oldest evidence of hominins occupation in the Philippines. Continue reading “Hominin presence in the Philippines 709,000 years ago”
A new species of Homo from the Late Pleistocene of the Philippines
‘Homo luzonensis‘ species has been named after Luzon, the largest and most populous island of the Philippines, where the fossils were discovered in 2007, 2011 and 2015. Because of its unique mosaic of characteristics, scientists say the hominins warrant the definition of a new species. Continue reading “A new species of Homo from the Late Pleistocene of the Philippines”
The paleoclimate of the Eastern Mediterranean during the transition from early to mid Pleistocene (900 to 700 ka) based on marine and non-marine records: An integrated overview.
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Almogi-Labin A. Continue reading “The paleoclimate of the Eastern Mediterranean during the transition from early to mid Pleistocene (900 to 700 ka) based on marine and non-marine records: An integrated overview.”