Comment on “Late Mousterian Persistence near the Arctic Circle”

Slimak et al . (Reports, 13 May 2011, p. 841) reanalyzed the lithic assemblage from the northern site of Byzovaya (Russia) and concluded that it was Mousterian and produced by Neandertals. The previous interpretation of this assemblage as falling within Early Upper Paleolithic variability remains th...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Zwyns, Nicolas, Roebroeks, Wil, McPherron, Shannon P., Jagich, Adam, Hublin, Jean-Jacques
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2012
Subjects:
Arctic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1209908
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1209908
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Summary:Slimak et al . (Reports, 13 May 2011, p. 841) reanalyzed the lithic assemblage from the northern site of Byzovaya (Russia) and concluded that it was Mousterian and produced by Neandertals. The previous interpretation of this assemblage as falling within Early Upper Paleolithic variability remains the most parsimonious explanation; pending additional fossil discoveries, there is no evidence supporting the occurrence of Neandertals at these high latitudes.

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