Homo
sapiens'
birth
time
is
somewhere
between
2
million
and
100
thousand
years
but
still
blurry.
NEW
PARADIGM:
There
sufficient
evidence
that
the
glacial
maximum
~140
ka
largely
wiped
Pre-Sapiens
out
(incl.
Pseudo-Neanderthals
Pseudo-Denisovans)
a
small
population
macroevolutionary
progressed
into
Sapiens
in
Levant,
REAL
moderns,
Neanderthals,
Denisovans
originated
from
this
new
population.
In
other
words,
common
ancestral
was
NOT
Africa
before
500
Levant
ka.
case,
it
invalid
to
classify
pre-140
DNAs
as
Neanderthal
or
Denisovan
using
chimp
genome
plus
400
old
genomes
Sima
de
los
Huesos.
New
Paradigm,
post-Sapiens
archaics
are
genomically
modern,
not
archaic
Denisovans,
Eyasi
1-like
Africans
except
latest
Erectus
Java).
An
unknown
evolutionary
mechanism
caused
both
their
appearance
disappearance:
The
relative
increase
decrease
of
negative
(retrogressive)
dominance
DNA.
If
so,
Paradigm's
prediction
correct:
there
never-ending
struggle
for
DNA
two
opposing
forces,
seems
be
driving
force
ProgRetrogProg
evolution.
Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
31(3), P. 1522 - 1542
Published: April 4, 2024
Abstract
Finger
flutings
are
channels
drawn
in
soft
sediments
covering
walls,
floors
and
ceilings
of
some
limestone
caves
Europe
Australia
cases
date
as
far
back
50,000
years
ago.
Initial
research
focused
on
why
they
were
made,
but
more
recently,
part
a
growing
interest
the
individual
past,
researchers
began
asking
questions
about
who
made
them.
This
shift
direction
has
led
to
claims
that
by
measuring
width
with
three
middle
fingers
either
hand,
archaeologists
can
infer
ordinal
age,
sex
individuality
‘fluter’.
These
rest
single
dataset
created
2006.
In
this
paper,
we
undertake
first
critical
analysis
its
concomitant
methodologies.
We
argue
sample
size,
uneven
distribution
age
within
sample,
non-standardised
medium,
human
variability,
lack
comparability
between
an
experimental
context
real
cave
environments
assumptions
demographic
modelling
effectively
negate
all
previous
claims.
To
sum,
find
no
substantial
evidence
for
tracing
be
revealed
finger
described
Sharpe
Van
Gelder
(Antiquity
80:
937-947,
2006a;
Cambridge
Archaeological
Journal
16:
281–95,
2006b;
Rock
Art
Research
23:
179–98,
2006c).
As
case
study,
discuss
Koonalda
Cave
southern
Australia.
largest
most
intact
display
world
is
also
cultural
landscape
maintained
curated
Mirning
people.
International Journal of Philosophy,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
13(1), P. 12 - 23
Published: Feb. 17, 2025
Present
day
humans
are
the
result
of
a
continuous
evolutionary
process,
which
is
still
underway
(although
imperceptibly
since
last
wave
Out
Africa
migrations).
Our
physical
traits,
and
both
our
“emotional”
“rational”
mental
features
co-evolved,
dialectically
interacting
with
each
other,
outer
social-cultural
environment.
In
fact,
H.
sapiens
genetically
preadapted
to
interact
material
cultural
contexts
it
exposed
to,
that
on
other
hand
were,
are,
increasingly
created
by
mankind
itself.
Also,
species
“species
sorting”
mechanism,
among
number
different,
though
closely
related,
hominid
hominin
genera,
species,
subspecies.
At
time
being,
only
surviving,
very
homogeneous,
genus
Homo.
There
were
blurred
boundaries,
however,
between
related
especially
neanderthal
denisova.
Furthermore,
we
all
evolved,
physically
mentally,
from
common
ancestor
genera
Australopithecus,
Paranthropus,
etc.
Due
profound
biological
roots,
evolved
individual
collective
mind
plasticity,
social
complexity
keep
in
an
inextricable
tangle.
The
point
where
Marxian
historical
dialectics
grafts
on,
merges
with,
Darwinian
roughly
coincides
beginning
Holocene.
there
no
apparent
solution
continuity
timeframe
10-12,000
years,
previous
period
as,
once
reached
stage
extended
consciousness,
material/social/cultural
niches
plasticity-driven
adaptations
interacted
according
principles
materialism.
Antiquity,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 14
Published: Feb. 24, 2025
Indigenous
Australian
art
relies
on
motifs
and
figures
to
visually
symbolise
a
traditional
story,
myth
and/or
ritual,
encompassing
narrated
performance.
In
contrast,
digital
tracings
or
‘finger
flutings’
impressed
into
the
soft
precipitate
covering
cave
surfaces
are
not
typically
considered
symbolic
expressions.
Using
Koonalda
Cave
in
southern
Australia
as
case
study,
authors
argue
that
also
operate
within
performative
space,
but
without
their
narrator
these
undulating
lines
rendered
silent.
Here,
emphasis
is
placed
ritual
maintenance
spiritual
propagation
of
prized
food
trade
item
would
then
‘rise
up’.
Journal of Quaternary Science,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: May 20, 2025
ABSTRACT
Des‐Cubierta
Cave,
part
of
the
Calvero
de
la
Higuera
complex,
is
situated
in
intramountainous
upper
valley
Lozoya
River
within
Guadarrama
Range.
The
cave's
geological,
palaeontological,
and
archaeological
record
reveals
a
complex
history
sedimentary
anthropogenic
processes
spanning
hundreds
thousands
years,
represented
12
lithostratigraphic
units.
Among
these,
Unit
3
stands
out
for
its
significance,
containing
evidence
Neanderthal
activity,
including
Mousterian
lithic
tools
an
unusual
assemblage
large
mammal
crania,
which
suggests
symbolic
behaviour.
Geological
data
indicate
that
was
deposited
during
cold
periods
(MIS
4)
through
multiple
rockfall
episodes,
implying
these
practices
persisted
across
generations.
geomorphology
points
to
possible
entrance
via
side
opening
created
by
erosion
southern
cave.
This
study
enhances
our
understanding
Cave's
geological
development
long‐term
occupations,
offering
valuable
insights
into
their
cultural
behaviours.
Annual Review of Anthropology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
52(1), P. 151 - 170
Published: July 17, 2023
In
this
article,
I
first
provide
an
overview
of
the
Neandertals
by
recounting
their
initial
discovery
and
subsequent
interpretation
scientists
discussing
our
current
understanding
temporal
geographic
span
these
hominins
taxonomic
affiliation.
then
explore
what
progress
we
have
made
in
Neandertal
lifeways
capabilities
over
past
decade
light
new
technologies
changing
perspectives.
process,
consider
whether
advances
knowledge
qualify
as
so-called
Black
Swans,
a
term
used
economics
to
describe
events
that
are
rare
unpredictable
wide-ranging
consequences,
case
for
field
paleoanthropology.
Building
on
discussion,
look
at
ongoing
debates
focus
extinction
study.
By
way
discussion
conclusion,
take
detailed
why
continue
engender
great
interest,
indeed
emotion,
among
general
public
alike.
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(7)
Published: June 15, 2024
Abstract
The
creation
of
rock
art
in
the
deep
areas
caves
was
one
most
unique
symbolic
activities
Magdalenian
societies
southwestern
Europe
between
13.5
and
21
thousand
years
ago.
Previous
research
has
suggested
that
these
works
were
not
placed
at
random
but
rather
their
location
corresponds
to
a
pre-established
structure.
However,
despite
suggestive
idea
pre-planning
decoration
endokarst,
it
is
challenging
demonstrate
relationship
different
them
immediate
spatial
context
due
lack
common
objective
criteria.
In
this
study,
we
have
examined
iconographic
characteristics
500
graphic
units
nine
Cantabrian
Pyrenees
mountain
ranges
(southwestern
Europe)
identify
patterns
construction
based
on
cave
location.
We
designed
workflow
includes
geomorphological
analysis
for
virtual
reconstruction
state
during
Magdalenian,
(GU)
through
geographic
information
systems
(GIS)
using
Python
script,
multivariate
statistical
study
parameters
figures.
This
allowed
us
groups
figures:
some
specifically
created
be
seen,
various
techniques
selecting
locations
with
good
visibility,
accessibility,
or
capacity
accommodate
people,
while
others
sought
opposite.
There
also
correlation
used
caves,
perhaps
aiming
resource
economization.
These
data
support
existence
uses
sectors
period.