A new radiocarbon revolution and the dispersal of modern humans in Eurasia
P Mellars - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
P Mellars
Nature, 2006•nature.comRadiocarbon dating has been fundamental to the study of human cultural and biological
development over the past 50,000 yr. Two recent developments in the methodology of
radiocarbon dating show that the speed of colonization of Europe by modern human
populations was more rapid than previously believed, and that their period of coexistence
with the preceding Neanderthal was shorter.
development over the past 50,000 yr. Two recent developments in the methodology of
radiocarbon dating show that the speed of colonization of Europe by modern human
populations was more rapid than previously believed, and that their period of coexistence
with the preceding Neanderthal was shorter.
Abstract
Radiocarbon dating has been fundamental to the study of human cultural and biological development over the past 50,000 yr. Two recent developments in the methodology of radiocarbon dating show that the speed of colonization of Europe by modern human populations was more rapid than previously believed, and that their period of coexistence with the preceding Neanderthal was shorter.
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