To date, the earliest modern human fossils found outside of Africa are dated to around 90,000
to 120,000 years ago at the Levantine sites of Skhul and Qafzeh. A maxilla and associated …

The origin and evolution of hominin mortuary practices are topics of intense interest and
debate 1 , 2 – 3 . Human burials dated to the Middle Stone Age (MSA) are exceedingly rare in …

The earliest hominin occupation of Europe is one of the most debated topics in
palaeoanthropology. However, the purportedly oldest of the Early Pleistocene sites in Eurasia lack …

We propose a population model for Middle Pleistocene Europe that is based on demographic
“sources” and “sinks”. The former were a small number of “core” or populations in glacial …

It has long been believed that Neanderthals originated and flourished on the European
continent. However, recent morphological and genetic studies have suggested that they may …

The hominin record from southern Asia for the early Late Pleistocene epoch is scarce. Well-dated
and well-preserved fossils older than ∼45,000 years that can be unequivocally …

The Orce region has one of the best late Pliocene and early Pleistocene continental paleobiological
records of Europe. It is situated in the northeastern sector of the intramontane Guadix…

The systematic excavation of the Sima de los Huesos (SH) site in Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos,
Spain) has yielded the largest hominin collection worldwide for the Middle Pleistocene. …

22-Made et al.qxd Page 1 INTRODUCCIÓN Los yacimientos de la Trinchera del Ferrocarril
en la Sierra de Atapuerca son conocidos en primer lugar por los restos de Homo antecessor …

Seventeen Middle Pleistocene crania from the Sima de los Huesos site (Atapuerca, Spain)
are analyzed, including seven new specimens. This sample makes it possible to thoroughly …