Cristina Lemorini

TL;DR: Two stone flakes partly covered in birch-bark-tar and a third without tar on it were discovered in fluvial gravel and clay in central Italy, in association with the bones of a young adult female Elephas (Palaeoloxondon) antiquus and several micromammals.

TL;DR: The diversity of tools and activities observed in these three sites shows that Western Europe was populated by adaptable hominins during this time, and questions concerning understudied migration pathways, such as the Sicilian route are raised.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented a hearth at Qesem Cave (Israel) that was repeatedly used and was the focus of hearth-centered human activities, as early as three-hundred-thousand years ago.

TL;DR: Use-wear related to USO processing extends the archaeological evidence for hominin acquisition and consumption of this resource by over 1.5 Ma, highlighting the adaptive significance of lithic technology forhominins at Kanjera.

TL;DR: In this paper, the results of use-wear analysis of an Amudian lithic assemblage recently discovered at Qesem Cave, Israel, were presented, which indicated that butchering activities and plants collecting were carried out at the site.