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The Aurignacian in Altai

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Marcel Otte  and
Anatoly Derevianko
Marcel Otte
Affiliation:
Université de Liège, Service de Préhistoire, Place du XX Août 7, Bâtiment A1, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
Anatoly Derevianko
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology & Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch, Koptuyg Ave. 3, Novosibirsk 6300090, Russia
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Extract

Research in the Altai region of central Asia is attempting to establish the development and expansion of the Aurignacian to Europe and the Caucasus. New sites and early dates provide important new data on this key question about the emergence of modern humans in Eurasia.

Keywords

AurignacianAltaiNeanderthalAnuyUst-Karakolearly modern humans
Type
News & Notes
Information
Antiquity , Volume 75 , Issue 287 , March 2001 , pp. 44 - 48
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2001

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