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Zilhao, Joao ORCID: 0000-0001-5937-3061, Anesin, Daniela, Aubry, Thierry, Badal, Ernestina, Cabanes, Dan ORCID: 0000-0001-6347-2513, Kehl, Martin, Klasen, Nicole, Lucena, Armando, Martin-Lerma, Ignacio ORCID: 0000-0002-7927-6688, Martinez, Susana, Matias, Henrique ORCID: 0000-0003-3212-2902, Susini, Davide, Steier, Peter, Wild, Eva Maria, Angelucci, Diego E. ORCID: 0000-0001-7411-261X, Villaverde, Valentin ORCID: 0000-0002-2876-0306 and Zapata, Josefina (2017). Precise dating of the Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition in Murcia (Spain) supports late Neandertal persistence in Iberia. Heliyon, 3 (11). OXFORD: ELSEVIER SCI LTD. ISSN 2405-8440

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Abstract

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 Murcia (Spain). At Cueva Anton, Mousterian layer I-k can be no more than 37,100 years-old. At La Boja, the basal Aurignacian can be no less than 36,500 years-old. The regional Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition process is thereby bounded to the first half of the 37th millennium Before Present, in agreement with evidence from Andalusia, Gibraltar and Portugal. This chronology represents a lag of minimally 3000 years with the rest of Europe, where that transition and the associated process of Neandertal/modern human admixture took place between 40,000 and 42,000 years ago. The lag implies the presence of an effective barrier to migration and diffusion across the Ebro river depression, which, based on available paleoenvironmental indicators, would at that time have represented a major biogeographical divide. In addition, (a) the Phlegraean Fields caldera explosion, which occurred 39,850 years ago, would have stalled the Neandertal/modern human admixture front because of the population sink it generated in Central and Eastern Europe, and (b) the long period of ameliorated climate that came soon after (Greenland Interstadial 8, during which forests underwent a marked expansion in Iberian regions south of 40 degrees N) would have enhanced the Ebro Frontier effect. These findings have two broader paleoanthropological implications: firstly, that, below the Ebro, the archeological record made prior to 37,000 years ago must be attributed, in all its aspects and components, to the Neandertals (or their ancestors); secondly, that modern human emergence is best seen as an uneven, punctuated process during which long-lasting barriers to gene flow and cultural diffusion could have existed across rather short distances, with attendant consequences for ancient genetics and models of human population history.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Zilhao, Joao UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-5937-3061 UNSPECIFIED Anesin, Daniela UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Aubry, Thierry UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Badal, Ernestina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Cabanes, Dan UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-6347-2513 UNSPECIFIED Kehl, Martin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Klasen, Nicole UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lucena, Armando UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Martin-Lerma, Ignacio UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-7927-6688 UNSPECIFIED Martinez, Susana UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Matias, Henrique UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-3212-2902 UNSPECIFIED Susini, Davide UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Steier, Peter UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Wild, Eva Maria UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Angelucci, Diego E. UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-7411-261X UNSPECIFIED Villaverde, Valentin UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2876-0306 UNSPECIFIED Zapata, Josefina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-211612
DOI:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00435
Journal or Publication Title:	Heliyon
Volume:	3
Number:	11
Date:	2017
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Place of Publication:	OXFORD
ISSN:	2405-8440
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language REGENERATIVE-DOSE PROTOCOL; EARLY AURIGNACIAN; CAMPANIAN IGNIMBRITE; WESTERN-EUROPE; HUMAN REMAINS; ROCK-SHELTER; LAS PALOMAS; CHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; SINGLE Multiple languages Multidisciplinary Sciences Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/21161