Homo sapiens reached the higher latitudes of Europe by 45,000 years ago

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Homo sapiens reached the higher latitudes of Europe by 45,000 years ago. / Mylopotamitaki, Dorothea; Weiss, Marcel; Fewlass, Helen; Zavala, Elena Irene; Rougier, Hélène; Sümer, Arev Pelin; Hajdinjak, Mateja; Smith, Geoff M.; Ruebens, Karen; Sinet-Mathiot, Virginie; Pederzani, Sarah; Essel, Elena; Harking, Florian S.; Xia, Huan; Hansen, Jakob; Kirchner, André; Lauer, Tobias; Stahlschmidt, Mareike; Hein, Michael; Talamo, Sahra; Wacker, Lukas; Meller, Harald; Dietl, Holger; Orschiedt, Jörg; Olsen, Jesper V.; Zeberg, Hugo; Prüfer, Kay; Krause, Johannes; Meyer, Matthias; Welker, Frido; McPherron, Shannon P.; Schüler, Tim; Hublin, Jean-Jacques.

In: Nature, Vol. 626, No. 7998, 2024, p. 341-346.

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Mylopotamitaki, D, Weiss, M, Fewlass, H, Zavala, EI, Rougier, H, Sümer, AP, Hajdinjak, M, Smith, GM, Ruebens, K, Sinet-Mathiot, V, Pederzani, S, Essel, E, Harking, FS, Xia, H, Hansen, J, Kirchner, A, Lauer, T, Stahlschmidt, M, Hein, M, Talamo, S, Wacker, L, Meller, H, Dietl, H, Orschiedt, J, Olsen, JV, Zeberg, H, Prüfer, K, Krause, J, Meyer, M, Welker, F, McPherron, SP, Schüler, T & Hublin, J-J 2024, 'Homo sapiens reached the higher latitudes of Europe by 45,000 years ago', Nature, vol. 626, no. 7998, pp. 341-346. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06923-7

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Mylopotamitaki, D., Weiss, M., Fewlass, H., Zavala, E. I., Rougier, H., Sümer, A. P., Hajdinjak, M., Smith, G. M., Ruebens, K., Sinet-Mathiot, V., Pederzani, S., Essel, E., Harking, F. S., Xia, H., Hansen, J., Kirchner, A., Lauer, T., Stahlschmidt, M., Hein, M., ... Hublin, J-J. (2024). Homo sapiens reached the higher latitudes of Europe by 45,000 years ago. Nature, 626(7998), 341-346. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06923-7

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Mylopotamitaki D, Weiss M, Fewlass H, Zavala EI, Rougier H, Sümer AP et al. Homo sapiens reached the higher latitudes of Europe by 45,000 years ago. Nature. 2024;626(7998):341-346. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06923-7

Author

Mylopotamitaki, Dorothea ; Weiss, Marcel ; Fewlass, Helen ; Zavala, Elena Irene ; Rougier, Hélène ; Sümer, Arev Pelin ; Hajdinjak, Mateja ; Smith, Geoff M. ; Ruebens, Karen ; Sinet-Mathiot, Virginie ; Pederzani, Sarah ; Essel, Elena ; Harking, Florian S. ; Xia, Huan ; Hansen, Jakob ; Kirchner, André ; Lauer, Tobias ; Stahlschmidt, Mareike ; Hein, Michael ; Talamo, Sahra ; Wacker, Lukas ; Meller, Harald ; Dietl, Holger ; Orschiedt, Jörg ; Olsen, Jesper V. ; Zeberg, Hugo ; Prüfer, Kay ; Krause, Johannes ; Meyer, Matthias ; Welker, Frido ; McPherron, Shannon P. ; Schüler, Tim ; Hublin, Jean-Jacques. / Homo sapiens reached the higher latitudes of Europe by 45,000 years ago. In: Nature. 2024 ; Vol. 626, No. 7998. pp. 341-346.

Bibtex

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title = "Homo sapiens reached the higher latitudes of Europe by 45,000 years ago",
abstract = "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 Europe 1. Local hybridization between the two groups occurred 2, but not on all occasions 3. Archaeological evidence also indicates the presence of several technocomplexes during this transition, complicating our understanding and the association of behavioural adaptations with specific hominin groups 4. One such technocomplex for which the makers are unknown is the Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician (LRJ), which has been described in northwestern and central Europe 5-8. 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 Ilsenh{\"o}hle 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. ",
author = "Dorothea Mylopotamitaki and Marcel Weiss and Helen Fewlass and Zavala, {Elena Irene} and H{\'e}l{\`e}ne Rougier and S{\"u}mer, {Arev Pelin} and Mateja Hajdinjak and Smith, {Geoff M.} and Karen Ruebens and Virginie Sinet-Mathiot and Sarah Pederzani and Elena Essel and Harking, {Florian S.} and Huan Xia and Jakob Hansen and Andr{\'e} Kirchner and Tobias Lauer and Mareike Stahlschmidt and Michael Hein and Sahra Talamo and Lukas Wacker and Harald Meller and Holger Dietl and J{\"o}rg Orschiedt and Olsen, {Jesper V.} and Hugo Zeberg and Kay Pr{\"u}fer and Johannes Krause and Matthias Meyer and Frido Welker and McPherron, {Shannon P.} and Tim Sch{\"u}ler and Jean-Jacques Hublin",
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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 - © 2024. The Author(s).

PY - 2024

Y1 - 2024

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 Europe 1. Local hybridization between the two groups occurred 2, but not on all occasions 3. Archaeological evidence also indicates the presence of several technocomplexes during this transition, complicating our understanding and the association of behavioural adaptations with specific hominin groups 4. One such technocomplex for which the makers are unknown is the Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician (LRJ), which has been described in northwestern and central Europe 5-8. 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 Europe 1. Local hybridization between the two groups occurred 2, but not on all occasions 3. Archaeological evidence also indicates the presence of several technocomplexes during this transition, complicating our understanding and the association of behavioural adaptations with specific hominin groups 4. One such technocomplex for which the makers are unknown is the Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician (LRJ), which has been described in northwestern and central Europe 5-8. 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.

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DO - 10.1038/s41586-023-06923-7

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EP - 346

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