Middle Paleolithic technologies in Eurasia associated with early Homo sapiens (c. 250–40 ka)

1. Toba supereruption becomes a major Eurasian stressor

   Jan 1, 73699 BCELabels: Toba eruption, Sumatra

   • PBS NOVA
   • Britannica

2. Neanderthal–Homo sapiens gene flow set before 45 ka

   Jan 1, 55999 BCELabels: Ust -Ishim, Neanderthals

   • Nature

3. Manot Cave cranium documents Homo sapiens near Neanderthals

   Jan 1, 54699 BCELabels: Manot 1, Manot Cave

   • Nature
   • Manot Cave

4. Early Homo sapiens associated with Initial Upper Paleolithic at Bacho Kiro

   Jan 1, 44999 BCELabels: Bacho Kiro, Initial Upper

   • Springer Nature
   • Nature

5. LRJ tools at Ranis tied to Homo sapiens at ~45 ka

   Jan 1, 44999 BCELabels: Ranis, LRJ technocomplex

   • Nature
   • MPI EVA

6. Neanderthals persist in southwestern Europe until ~42 ka

   Jan 1, 41999 BCELabels: Southwestern Europe, Neanderthals

   • Nature
   • Britannica

7. By ~40 ka, Eurasian Middle Paleolithic gives way to Upper Paleolithic

   Jan 1, 39999 BCELabels: Upper Paleolithic, Homo sapiens

   • Britannica
   • Britannica

8. Jebel Irhoud dates push back early Homo sapiens

   Jan 1, 31499 BCELabels: Jebel Irhoud, Morocco

   • Nature
   • NatGeo

9. Levallois method spreads across Eurasian Middle Paleolithic

   Jan 1, 24999 BCELabels: Levallois method, Prepared-core

   • Britannica
   • Smithsonian

10. Apidima 1 suggests an early Homo sapiens presence

    Jan 1, 20999 BCELabels: Apidima 1, Apidima Cave

    • Nature
    • ABC

11. Misliya Cave jaw links Homo sapiens to Levallois tools

    Jan 1, 19399 BCELabels: Misliya-1, Misliya Cave

    • Science
    • TAU

12. Skhul and Qafzeh show early Homo sapiens Mousterian burials

    Jan 1, 11999 BCELabels: Skhul, Qafzeh

    • Paleo
    • Britannica