Laure Metz

TL;DR: Improved accelerator mass spectrometry 14C techniques are applied to construct robust chronologies from 40 key Mousterian and Neanderthal archaeological sites, showing that there was ample time for the transmission of cultural and symbolic behaviours, as well as possible genetic exchanges, between the two groups.

TL;DR: This work presents new evidence of the deliberate removal of raptor claws occurred in Mediterranean Europe during the recent phases of the Mousterian, and explains that the deliberate detachment occurred without damaging the claw.

TL;DR: The authors reported hominin fossils from Grotte Mandrin in France that reveal the earliest known presence of modern humans in Europe between 56,800 and 51,700 years ago.

TL;DR: Le Grand Abri aux Puces (GAP) has been known to contain well-preserved stone tools and faunal remains, but the first professional, controlled excavation at the site and has exposed at least 1 archaeological layer with a very rich and diverse assemblage (23 macrofaunal species, as many for the microfauna, 27 land snail species), abundant charcoals (fragments are large and preserve small twigs with their pith and bark still intact), and stone tools with immaculate surface preservation as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: The findings show that although the Stone-Age migrations have been important in shaping contemporary genetic diversity in Eurasia, their dynamics and impact were geographically highly heterogeneous.