Blinkhorn, James, Zanolli, Clement, Compton, Tim, Groucutt, Huw S., Scerri, Eleanor M. L., Crete, Lucile, Stringer, Chris, Petraglia, Michael D. and Blockley, Simon (2021). Nubian Levallois technology associated with southernmost Neanderthals. Sci Rep, 11 (1). BERLIN: NATURE RESEARCH. ISSN 2045-2322
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Neanderthals occurred widely across north Eurasian landscapes, but between similar to 70 and 50 thousand years ago (ka) they expanded southwards into the Levant, which had previously been inhabited by Homo sapiens. Palaeoanthropological research in the first half of the twentieth century demonstrated alternate occupations of the Levant by Neanderthal and Homo sapiens populations, yet key early findings have largely been overlooked in later studies. Here, we present the results of new examinations of both the fossil and archaeological collections from Shukbah Cave, located in the Palestinian West Bank, presenting new quantitative analyses of a hominin lower first molar and associated stone tool assemblage. The hominin tooth shows clear Neanderthal affinities, making it the southernmost known fossil specimen of this population/species. The associated Middle Palaeolithic stone tool assemblage is dominated by Levallois reduction methods, including the presence of Nubian Levallois points and cores. This is the first direct association between Neanderthals and Nubian Levallois technology, demonstrating that this stone tool technology should not be considered an exclusive marker of Homo sapiens.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-601125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-021-82257-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Sci Rep | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Volume: | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date: | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: | NATURE RESEARCH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Publication: | BERLIN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language: | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/60112 |
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