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Nobody's land? The oldest evidence of early Upper Paleolithic settlements in inland Iberia.

Nohemi Sala, Manuel Alcaraz-Castaño, Martin Arriolabengoa, Virginia Martínez-Pillado, Ana Pantoja-Pérez, Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo, Edgar Téllez, Miriam Cubas, Samuel Castillo, Lee J Arnold and 22 more

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32 authors.

Nohemi SalaCentro Nacional de Investigación Sobre Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Burgos, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0896-1493
Manuel Alcaraz-CastañoÁrea de Prehistoria, Departamento de Historia y Filosofía, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6291-9512
Martin ArriolabengoaDepartamento de Geología, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco-Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0467-0306
Virginia Martínez-PilladoCentro Nacional de Investigación Sobre Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Burgos, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9404-6488
Ana Pantoja-PérezCentro Nacional de Investigación Sobre Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Burgos, Spain.
Antonio Rodríguez-HidalgoConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Arqueología-Mérida (CSIC-Junta de Extremadura), Mérida, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5449-9287
Edgar TéllezCentro Nacional de Investigación Sobre Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Burgos, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1182-3718
Miriam CubasÁrea de Prehistoria, Departamento de Historia y Filosofía, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2386-8473
Samuel CastilloÁrea de Prehistoria, Departamento de Historia y Filosofía, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3042-8940
Lee J ArnoldSchool of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Environment Institute, and Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS), University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9603-3824
Martina DemuroSchool of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Environment Institute, and Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS), University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5799-4216
Mathieu DuvalCentro Nacional de Investigación Sobre Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Burgos, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3181-7753
Andion Arteaga-BriebaInstitut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES-CERCA), Tarragona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7484-962X
Javier LlamazaresCentro Nacional de Investigación Sobre Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Burgos, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2847-465X
Juan OchandoDepartment of Plant Biology (Botany Area), Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Gloria Cuenca-BescósAragosaurus-IUCA-Departamento Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5125-9651
Ana B Marín-ArroyoGrupo de I+D+i EVOADAPTA (Evolución Humana y Adaptaciones Durante la Prehistoria), Departamento de Ciencias Históricas, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3353-5581
María Martín SeijoInstituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio (INCIPIT), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Santiago de Compostela, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2924-7763
Luis LuqueÁrea de Prehistoria, Departamento de Historia y Filosofía, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5695-3036
Carmen Alonso-LlamazaresDepartamento de Biología Animal, Ecología, Parasitología, Edafología y Química Agrícola, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
Mikel ArlegiMcDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3ER, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5665-9275
Manuel Rodríguez-AlmagroCentro Nacional de Investigación Sobre Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Burgos, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6781-0946
Cecilia Calvo-SimalCentro Nacional de Investigación Sobre Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Burgos, Spain.
Beatriz IzquierdoPaseo de la Estación, 26. Getafe, Madrid, Spain.
Felipe CuarteroÁrea de Prehistoria, Departamento de Historia y Filosofía, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
Leire Torres-IglesiasGrupo de I+D+i EVOADAPTA (Evolución Humana y Adaptaciones Durante la Prehistoria), Departamento de Ciencias Históricas, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9109-4169
Lucía Agudo-PérezGrupo de I+D+i EVOADAPTA (Evolución Humana y Adaptaciones Durante la Prehistoria), Departamento de Ciencias Históricas, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5121-2500
Alfonso ArribasEstación Paleontológica Valle del río Fardes, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME), Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4777-3062
José S CarriónDepartment of Plant Biology (Botany Area), Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Donatella MagriDepartment of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7254-593X
J-X ZhaoRadiogenic Isotope Facility, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2413-6178
Adrián PablosCentro Nacional de Investigación Sobre Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Burgos, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1630-4941

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Iberian Peninsula is a key region for unraveling human settlement histories of Eurasia during the period spanning the decline of Neandertals and the emergence of anatomically modern humans (AMH). There is no evidence of human occupation in central Iberia after the disappearance of Neandertals ~42,000 years ago until approximately 26,000 years ago, rendering the region "nobody's land" during the Aurignacian period. The Abrigo de la Malia provides irrefutable evidence of human settlements dating back to 36,200 to 31,760 calibrated years before the present (cal B.P.) This site also records additional levels of occupation around 32,420 to 26,260 cal B.P., suggesting repeated settlement of this territory. Our multiproxy examination identifies a change in climate trending toward colder and more arid conditions. However, this climatic deterioration does not appear to have affected AMH subsistence strategies or their capacity to inhabit this region. These findings reveal the ability of AMH groups to colonize regions hitherto considered uninhabitable, reopening the debate on early Upper Paleolithic population dynamics of southwestern Europe.

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