Valentín Villaverde

TL;DR: The Iberian finds show that European Neandertals were no different from coeval Africans in this regard, countering genetic/cognitive explanations for the emergence of symbolism and strengthening demographic/social ones.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the use of terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) in order to effectively produce, prior to intervention, accurate and high-resolution 3D models of a cave with engravings dating back to the Upper Palaeolithic era.

TL;DR: This paper presented a detailed overview of Upper Paleolithic chronology, sites, and assemblages for Mediterranean Spain, an area of over 1,600,000 km that extends from the French border to the Straits of Gibraltar.

TL;DR: U-series dating of archaeological deposits of Cueva de los Aviones provides evidence for Neandertal symbolism 115,000 years ago, and it is possible that the roots of symbolic material culture may be found among the common ancestor of Ne andertals and modern humans, more than half-a-million years ago.

TL;DR: The results suggest that there may have been some minor dietary variation due to climatic or environmental differences, but that Neanderthal diet focussed on large terrestrial game, supplemented by plant foods when these were available.