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Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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Department of Humanities, Anthropogenic and Prehistoric section, University of Ferrara, Corso Ercole I d'Este 32, Ferrara, Italy; Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering, National Council of Research, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milano, Italy,
Of the many critical phases of human evolution, one of the most investigated is the transition from the Middle to the Upper Palaeolithic with the pivotal bio-cultural substitution of Neanderthals by Homo sapiens in Western Eurasia. The complexity of this over ten thousands years phase raises from the ensemble of evidence ascribed to the diverse adaptations expressed by Neanderthals and the first representatives of our species. In countless archaeological records Neanderthals left clear traces of a cultural variability dotted with innovations in the technology of stone and bone tools, alongside with manifestations in the range of the symbolic sphere.
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