Paleobiological Perspectives on the Early Upper Paleolithic Human Transition in the Northwestern Old World

The emerging consensus that the emergence of modern humans in the northwestern Old World involved temporally and geographically varying degrees of admixture between Neandertals and early modern humans within the early Upper Paleolithic provides the framework for assessing the complex mosaic of biobe...

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Main Author: Erik Trinkaus
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Language:English
Published: Société d'Anthropologie de Paris 2001-11-01
Series:Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/6281
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description The emerging consensus that the emergence of modern humans in the northwestern Old World involved temporally and geographically varying degrees of admixture between Neandertals and early modern humans within the early Upper Paleolithic provides the framework for assessing the complex mosaic of biobehavioral changes which took place across the transition. Despite a series of paleobiological similarities involving cognitive, masticatory and locomotor behaviors, as well as temporal and cultural overlap between the two groups, there remain contrasts in the anterior dentition, the upper limb, femoral structural patterns, stress levels, demographic profiles and stable isotopes. These changes reflect principally the improvements in technology and subsistence of the earlier Upper Paleolithic. Moreover, there are indications that the biobehavioral shift started within the initial Upper Paleolithic Neandertals.
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spelling doaj-art-ff01d2c719e34b6096daef074b4e23382025-01-30T11:27:28ZengSociété d'Anthropologie de ParisBulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris1777-54692001-11-0113410.4000/bmsap.6281Paleobiological Perspectives on the Early Upper Paleolithic Human Transition in the Northwestern Old WorldErik TrinkausThe emerging consensus that the emergence of modern humans in the northwestern Old World involved temporally and geographically varying degrees of admixture between Neandertals and early modern humans within the early Upper Paleolithic provides the framework for assessing the complex mosaic of biobehavioral changes which took place across the transition. Despite a series of paleobiological similarities involving cognitive, masticatory and locomotor behaviors, as well as temporal and cultural overlap between the two groups, there remain contrasts in the anterior dentition, the upper limb, femoral structural patterns, stress levels, demographic profiles and stable isotopes. These changes reflect principally the improvements in technology and subsistence of the earlier Upper Paleolithic. Moreover, there are indications that the biobehavioral shift started within the initial Upper Paleolithic Neandertals.https://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/6281anatomically modern humansMiddle PaleolithictransitionUpper Paleolithicbehaviorpaleobiology
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Paleobiological Perspectives on the Early Upper Paleolithic Human Transition in the Northwestern Old World
Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris
anatomically modern humans
Middle Paleolithic
transition
Upper Paleolithic
behavior
paleobiology
title Paleobiological Perspectives on the Early Upper Paleolithic Human Transition in the Northwestern Old World
title_full Paleobiological Perspectives on the Early Upper Paleolithic Human Transition in the Northwestern Old World
title_fullStr Paleobiological Perspectives on the Early Upper Paleolithic Human Transition in the Northwestern Old World
title_full_unstemmed Paleobiological Perspectives on the Early Upper Paleolithic Human Transition in the Northwestern Old World
title_short Paleobiological Perspectives on the Early Upper Paleolithic Human Transition in the Northwestern Old World
title_sort paleobiological perspectives on the early upper paleolithic human transition in the northwestern old world
topic anatomically modern humans
Middle Paleolithic
transition
Upper Paleolithic
behavior
paleobiology
url https://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/6281
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