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SUBMITTER: Alex B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5687856 | biostudies-other | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Alex Bridget B Barzilai Omry O Hershkovitz Israel I Marder Ofer O Berna Francesco F Caracuta Valentina V Abulafia Talia T Davis Lauren L Goder-Goldberger Mae M Lavi Ron R Mintz Eugenia E Regev Lior L Bar-Yosef Mayer Daniella D Tejero José-Miguel JM Yeshurun Reuven R Ayalon Avner A Bar-Matthews Mira M Yasur Gal G Frumkin Amos A Latimer Bruce B Hans Mark G MG Boaretto Elisabetta E
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The timing of archeological industries in the Levant is central for understanding the spread of modern humans with Upper Paleolithic traditions. We report a high-resolution radiocarbon chronology for Early Upper Paleolithic industries (Early Ahmarian and Levantine Aurignacian) from the newly excavated site of Manot Cave, Israel. The dates confirm that the Early Ahmarian industry was present by 46,000 calibrated years before the present (cal BP), and the Levantine Aurignacian occurred at least be ...[more]