# Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/pleistocene-era-hominins-and-archaeology/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Description | This cluster of papers explores the genetic, archaeological, and paleontological evidence related to human evolution, including the origins of modern humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans. It also delves into the behavioral modernity of early humans, stone tool technology, and the environmental factors influencing Pleistocene extinctions. |
| Domain | Social Sciences |
| Field | Social Sciences |
| OpenAlex ID | t10421 |
| Works | 20 |

## Topic papers all

Showing 15 of 20.

- [A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-draft-sequence-of-the-neandertal-genome/)
- [A high-coverage Neandertal genome from Vindija Cave in Croatia](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-high-coverage-neandertal-genome-from-vindija-cave-in-croatia/)
- [A Complete Neandertal Mitochondrial Genome Sequence Determined by High-Throughput Sequencing](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-complete-neandertal-mitochondrial-genome-sequence-determined-by-high/)
- [Targeted Retrieval and Analysis of Five Neandertal mtDNA Genomes](https://scholariq.org/papers/targeted-retrieval-and-analysis-of-five-neandertal-mtdna-genomes/)
- [Neandertal and Denisovan DNA from Pleistocene sediments](https://scholariq.org/papers/neandertal-and-denisovan-dna-from-pleistocene-sediments/)
- [The earliest unequivocally modern humans in southern China](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-earliest-unequivocally-modern-humans-in-southern-china/)
- [Most of the extant mtDNA boundaries in South and Southwest Asia were likely shaped during the initial settlement of Eurasia by anatomically modern humans](https://scholariq.org/papers/most-of-the-extant-mtdna-boundaries-in-south-and-southwest-asia-were-likely/)
- [Late Upper Paleolithic occupation at Cooper’s Ferry, Idaho, USA, ~16,000 years ago](https://scholariq.org/papers/late-upper-paleolithic-occupation-at-cooper-s-ferry-idaho-usa-16-000-years-ago/)
- [Studies of modern pollen assemblages for pollen dispersal- deposition- preservation process understanding and for pollen-based reconstructions of past vegetation, climate, and human impact: A review based on case studies in China](https://scholariq.org/papers/studies-of-modern-pollen-assemblages-for-pollen-dispersal-deposition/)
- [Towards quantification of Holocene anthropogenic land-cover change in temperate China: A review in the light of pollen-based REVEALS reconstructions of regional plant cover](https://scholariq.org/papers/towards-quantification-of-holocene-anthropogenic-land-cover-change-in-temperate/)
- [U–Pb-dated flowstones restrict South African early hominin record to dry climate phases](https://scholariq.org/papers/u-pb-dated-flowstones-restrict-south-african-early-hominin-record-to-dry-climate/)
- [Pollen-based quantitative land-cover reconstruction for northern Asia covering the last 40 ka cal BP](https://scholariq.org/papers/pollen-based-quantitative-land-cover-reconstruction-for-northern-asia-covering/)
- [Advances in plant food processing in the Near Eastern Epipalaeolithic and implications for improved edibility and nutrient bioaccessibility: an experimental assessment of Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla (sea club-rush)](https://scholariq.org/papers/advances-in-plant-food-processing-in-the-near-eastern-epipalaeolithic-and/)
- [Chronological age estimation of third molar mineralization of Han in southern China](https://scholariq.org/papers/chronological-age-estimation-of-third-molar-mineralization-of-han-in-southern/)
- [12,000-Year-old Aboriginal rock art from the Kimberley region, Western Australia](https://scholariq.org/papers/12-000-year-old-aboriginal-rock-art-from-the-kimberley-region-western-australia/)

## Topic primary papers

- [A high-coverage Neandertal genome from Vindija Cave in Croatia](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-high-coverage-neandertal-genome-from-vindija-cave-in-croatia/)
- [Neandertal and Denisovan DNA from Pleistocene sediments](https://scholariq.org/papers/neandertal-and-denisovan-dna-from-pleistocene-sediments/)
- [The earliest unequivocally modern humans in southern China](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-earliest-unequivocally-modern-humans-in-southern-china/)
- [Late Upper Paleolithic occupation at Cooper’s Ferry, Idaho, USA, ~16,000 years ago](https://scholariq.org/papers/late-upper-paleolithic-occupation-at-cooper-s-ferry-idaho-usa-16-000-years-ago/)
- [U–Pb-dated flowstones restrict South African early hominin record to dry climate phases](https://scholariq.org/papers/u-pb-dated-flowstones-restrict-south-african-early-hominin-record-to-dry-climate/)
- [12,000-Year-old Aboriginal rock art from the Kimberley region, Western Australia](https://scholariq.org/papers/12-000-year-old-aboriginal-rock-art-from-the-kimberley-region-western-australia/)
- [Consistent C3 plant habitat of hominins during 400–300 ka at the Longyadong Cave site (Luonan Basin, central China) revealed by stable carbon isotope analyses of loess deposits](https://scholariq.org/papers/consistent-c3-plant-habitat-of-hominins-during-400-300-ka-at-the-longyadong-cave/)

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