Homo sapiens reached the higher latitudes of Europe by 45,000 years ago
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in: Nature, Jahrgang 626, Nr. 7998, 08.02.2024, S. 341-346.
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T1 - Homo sapiens reached the higher latitudes of Europe by 45,000 years ago
AU - Mylopotamitaki, Dorothea
AU - Weiss, Marcel
AU - Fewlass, Helen
AU - Zavala, Elena Irene
AU - Rougier, Hélène
AU - Sümer, Arev Pelin
AU - Hajdinjak, Mateja
AU - Smith, Geoff M.
AU - Ruebens, Karen
AU - Sinet-Mathiot, Virginie
AU - Pederzani, Sarah
AU - Essel, Elena
AU - Harking, Florian S.
AU - Xia, Huan
AU - Hansen, Jakob
AU - Kirchner, André
AU - Lauer, Tobias
AU - Stahlschmidt, Mareike
AU - Hein, Michael
AU - Talamo, Sahra
AU - Wacker, Lukas
AU - Meller, Harald
AU - Dietl, Holger
AU - Orschiedt, Jörg
AU - Olsen, Jesper V.
AU - Zeberg, Hugo
AU - Prüfer, Kay
AU - Krause, Johannes
AU - Meyer, Matthias
AU - Welker, Frido
AU - McPherron, Shannon P.
AU - Schüler, Tim
AU - Hublin, Jean Jacques
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/2/8
Y1 - 2024/2/8
N2 - The Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Europe is associated with the regional disappearance of Neanderthals and the spread of Homo sapiens. Late Neanderthals persisted in western Europe several millennia after the occurrence of H. sapiens in eastern Europe1. Local hybridization between the two groups occurred2, but not on all occasions3. Archaeological evidence also indicates the presence of several technocomplexes during this transition, complicating our understanding and the association of behavioural adaptations with specific hominin groups4. One such technocomplex for which the makers are unknown is the Lincombian–Ranisian–Jerzmanowician (LRJ), which has been described in northwestern and central Europe5–8. Here we present the morphological and proteomic taxonomic identification, mitochondrial DNA analysis and direct radiocarbon dating of human remains directly associated with an LRJ assemblage at the site Ilsenhöhle in Ranis (Germany). These human remains are among the earliest directly dated Upper Palaeolithic H. sapiens remains in Eurasia. We show that early H. sapiens associated with the LRJ were present in central and northwestern Europe long before the extinction of late Neanderthals in southwestern Europe. Our results strengthen the notion of a patchwork of distinct human populations and technocomplexes present in Europe during this transitional period.
AB - The Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Europe is associated with the regional disappearance of Neanderthals and the spread of Homo sapiens. Late Neanderthals persisted in western Europe several millennia after the occurrence of H. sapiens in eastern Europe1. Local hybridization between the two groups occurred2, but not on all occasions3. Archaeological evidence also indicates the presence of several technocomplexes during this transition, complicating our understanding and the association of behavioural adaptations with specific hominin groups4. One such technocomplex for which the makers are unknown is the Lincombian–Ranisian–Jerzmanowician (LRJ), which has been described in northwestern and central Europe5–8. Here we present the morphological and proteomic taxonomic identification, mitochondrial DNA analysis and direct radiocarbon dating of human remains directly associated with an LRJ assemblage at the site Ilsenhöhle in Ranis (Germany). These human remains are among the earliest directly dated Upper Palaeolithic H. sapiens remains in Eurasia. We show that early H. sapiens associated with the LRJ were present in central and northwestern Europe long before the extinction of late Neanderthals in southwestern Europe. Our results strengthen the notion of a patchwork of distinct human populations and technocomplexes present in Europe during this transitional period.
KW - Biology
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U2 - 10.1038/s41586-023-06923-7
DO - 10.1038/s41586-023-06923-7
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 38297117
AN - SCOPUS:85183892572
VL - 626
SP - 341
EP - 346
JO - Nature
JF - Nature
SN - 0028-0836
IS - 7998
ER -