A late Neanderthal associated with upper Palaeolithic artefacts
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A fossil dated at about 34 thousand years old belongs to the early Upper Palaeolithic Chatelperronian industry. The fossil contains features of the bony labyrinth. The fossil indicates the existence of a rich bone industry and the use of personal ornaments by the Neanderthal populations. Technocultural interactions existed in Europe between the first modern humans and the last Neanderthals. The labyrinths of modern Upper Palaeolithic specimens, however, do not show any Neanderthal traits.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1996
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Bitumen as a hafting material on middle Palaeolithic artefacts
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A scraper and a Levallois flake were discovered in the Umm el Tlel site in Syria and were submitted to an organic geochemical study to examine the black substance on their surface. The shape of the black substance indicates these were remnants of a hafting material used by middle Palaeolithic men to stick handles on their tools. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis confirmed the black substance was bitumen.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1996
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Tool hafting with a mastic
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Evidence has been gathered that certain stone artifacts produced during the Middle Palaeolithic period had handles or hafts. This technique has been used in more recent periods to manufacture more complex tools such as cutting tools. A study is presented to show the presence of bitumen on two stone artefacts during the abovementioned period extracted from the site of Umm el Tlel in Syria.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1996
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