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Early Upper Paleolithic Man and Late Middle Paleolithic Tools
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The appearance of anatomically modern Homo sapiens in Europe, the Near East, and Africa must represent either an in situ evolution of Neandertals or a migration. Those who suggest the latter claim a sudden replacement of Neandertals by anatomically modern Homo sapiens. However, the “evidence” actually cited claims only the sudden replacement of Middle by Upper Paleolithic industries. We criticize the migration explanation on two grounds. (1) There is no “sudden replacement” of Middle Paleolithic by Upper Paleolithic industries, but rather a gradual change in the frequencies of already present tools. Numerous sites in these areas exhibit transitional industries. (2) Concomitantly, there is no morphological evidence indicating a “sudden replacement” of hominids. There is no absolute association between anatomically modern Homo sapiens and Upper Paleolithic industries. Instead, the evidence clearly shows that early anatomically modern Homo sapiens is a late Middle Paleolithic local phenomenon.
Title: Early Upper Paleolithic Man and Late Middle Paleolithic Tools
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The appearance of anatomically modern Homo sapiens in Europe, the Near East, and Africa must represent either an in situ evolution of Neandertals or a migration.
Those who suggest the latter claim a sudden replacement of Neandertals by anatomically modern Homo sapiens.
However, the “evidence” actually cited claims only the sudden replacement of Middle by Upper Paleolithic industries.
We criticize the migration explanation on two grounds.
(1) There is no “sudden replacement” of Middle Paleolithic by Upper Paleolithic industries, but rather a gradual change in the frequencies of already present tools.
Numerous sites in these areas exhibit transitional industries.
(2) Concomitantly, there is no morphological evidence indicating a “sudden replacement” of hominids.
There is no absolute association between anatomically modern Homo sapiens and Upper Paleolithic industries.
Instead, the evidence clearly shows that early anatomically modern Homo sapiens is a late Middle Paleolithic local phenomenon.
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