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Carbon black cave art in Dordogne was directly dated
Radiocarbon dating reveals carbon black Paleolithic cave art at Font-de-Gaume in France's Dordogne region, establishing chronological constraints on previously undocumented prehistoric artistic.
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New dates refine the age of La Ferrassie 1
Paleoproteomics and radiocarbon dating refine chronology of La Ferrassie 1 Neanderthal skeleton, placing it within the Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition and Châtelperronian cultural complex.
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Aurignacian signs were deliberate and conventional
Research reveals that early modern humans 40,000 years ago used systematic geometric sign systems on Aurignacian artifacts, demonstrating proto-writing complexity comparable to later writing systems.
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Ancient and modern genomes show Neolithic paternal expansions
Ancient and modern Y-chromosome analysis reveals how Neolithic millet and rice farmers from China migrated into Southeast Asia, shaping paternal genetic diversity and ethnolinguistic populations.
