Upper Paleolithic technocomplexes (Aurignacian, Gravettian) and Homo sapiens dispersal in Europe (c. 45–20 ka)

1. Modern humans enter southeastern Europe

   Jan 1, 44000 BCELabels: Bacho Kiro, Initial Upper, Homo sapiens

   • Nature
   • Bacho Kiro

2. Uluzzian evidence links early H. sapiens to Italy

   Jan 1, 43500 BCELabels: Grotta del, Uluzzian, Homo sapiens

   • Grotta Cavallo
   • Science gov

3. Aurignacian spreads as an early Upper Paleolithic tradition

   Jan 1, 43000 BCELabels: Aurignacian, blade technology

   • Chauvet Cave
   • Aurignacian

4. Kents Cavern fossil highlights early H. sapiens in northwest Europe

   Jan 1, 43000 BCELabels: Kents Cavern, Homo sapiens

   • Kents Cavern
   • Kents Cavern site

5. Swabian Jura Aurignacian shows early music and carving

   Jan 1, 42000 BCELabels: Swabian Jura, Gei enkl

   • Gei enkl sterle
   • EXARC

6. Earliest undisputed human figurative art at Hohle Fels

   Jan 1, 41000 BCELabels: Hohle Fels, Venus of

   • Hohle Fels Venus
   • Hohle Fels

7. Gravettian replaces Aurignacian across much of Europe

   Jan 1, 33000 BCELabels: Gravettian, Venus figurines

   • Gravettian
   • Aurignacian

8. Pavlovian Gravettian develops large sites in Moravia

   Jan 1, 29000 BCELabels: Pavlovian, Moravia

   • Pavlovian
   • Archeopark Pavlov

9. Last Glacial Maximum intensifies pressure on European populations

   Jan 1, 29000 BCELabels: Last Glacial, climate change

   • Britannica
   • PMC

10. Dolní Věstonice becomes a major Gravettian center

    Jan 1, 26000 BCELabels: Doln V, Gravettian

    • Doln V stonice
    • Pavlovian

11. Gravettian declines as climates and settlement patterns shift

    Jan 1, 22000 BCELabels: Gravettian, cultural fragmentation

    • Gravettian
    • Britannica

12. Epigravettian begins as a post-LGM continuation in the south and east

    Jan 1, 21000 BCELabels: Epigravettian, post-LGM

    • Epigravettian
    • Britannica