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Upper Palaeolithic

noun

  1. the latest of the three periods of the Palaeolithic, beginning about 40 000 bc and ending, in Europe, about 12 000 bc : characterized by the emergence of modern man, Homo sapiens
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adjective

  1. of or relating to this period
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The use of the multiple amber deposits on the Iberian Peninsula since the Upper Palaeolithic has been documented and, thanks to research carried out by archaeologists over the years, we know that from the 4th millennium BC onwards Sicilian amber began to reach the Iberian Peninsula through Mediterranean trade networks.

Residues from an Upper Palaeolithic site in the Pontic steppe in eastern Europe show ancient people pounded tubers before they ate them.

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In other words, this group was making Initial Upper Palaeolithic tools .

“In my view this is the oldest and strongest published evidence for a very early Upper Palaeolithic presence of Homo sapiens in Europe, several millennia before the Neanderthals disappeared,” he said, although he added that doubt remained about whether Neanderthals were influenced in their jewellery making by early modern humans.

Previous excavations revealed human remains and tools of a very specific type called “Initial Upper Palaeolithic”.

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