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QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
Volume 319, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108307
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Recent advances in ancient DNA research have changed our understanding of the biological and cultural interactions between populations and lineages of ancient Homo in the Later Pleistocene of Eurasia. Multiple population admixture and replacement events have been identified, challenging traditional narratives about human migrations and the advantages of our species over Neanderthals. Instead, researchers are now focusing on studying the biological and cultural dynamics of past human populations and their interactions in time and space.
Recent advances in the study of ancient DNA recovered from fossils and cave sediments have profoundly changed our views on the biological and cultural interactions between populations and lineages of fossil Homo in the Later Pleistocene of Eurasia. A spatiotemporally complex picture emerges, with multiple population admixture and replacement events. Focusing on the evidence from Western Eurasia, we consider here how the mapping out of between-species interactions based on fossil and material cultural evidence is being replaced by a broader approach. Traditional narratives about human migrations and the biological and/or cultural advantages of our own species over the Neanderthals are now giving way to the study of the biological and cultural dynamics of past human populations and the nature of their interactions in time and space.
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