Early dispersal of modern humans in Europe and implications for Neanderthal behaviour

@article{Benazzi2011EarlyDO,
  title={Early dispersal of modern humans in Europe and implications for Neanderthal behaviour},
  author={Stefano Benazzi and Katerina Douka and Cinzia Fornai and Catherine C. Bauer and Ottmar Kullmer and Jiř{\'i} Svoboda and Ildik{\'o} Pap and Francesco Mallegni and Priscilla Bayle and Michael Coquerelle and Silvana Condemi and Annamaria Ronchitelli and Katerina Harvati and Gerhard W. Weber},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2011},
  volume={479},
  pages={525-528}
}
The appearance of anatomically modern humans in Europe and the nature of the transition from the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic are matters of intense debate. Most researchers accept that before the arrival of anatomically modern humans, Neanderthals had adopted several ‘transitional’ technocomplexes. Two of these, the Uluzzian of southern Europe and the Châtelperronian of western Europe, are key to current interpretations regarding the timing of arrival of anatomically modern humans in the… Expand
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