Lascaux Cave (Montignac, France) contains paintings from the Upper Paleolithic period. Shortly after its discovery in 1940, the cave was seriously disturbed by major destructive interventions. In 1963, the cave was closed due to algal growth on the walls. In 2001, the ceiling, walls and sediments were colonized by the fungus Fusarium solani. Later, black stains, probably of fungal origin, appea...

A set of climatic events that have occurred throughout the Paleolithic ages and all way up to present day led profound changes in biosphere, such as periods glaciation global warming [...]

The Beganchik locality is a stratigraphic sequence of loessic deposits, pedogenic horizons and Paleolithic occupations located at the Kama-Volga confluence. exposed on bluff formed west side an erosional remnant between Kuybyshev Reservoir former channel Aktay River. Although site known for its Terminal Paleolithic-Mesolithic Pleistocene-Holocene transition, evidence older remains fauna has bee...

Recently excavated faunas from the Upper Paleolithic site of Vale Boi in Algarve (southern Portugal) provide early evidence of resource intensification in the form of bone grease rendering, a labor-intensive technique for maximizing the fat yield from ungulate carcasses, alongside exploitation of rabbits. The geography and chronology of the occurrences of these subsistence phenomena may indicat...

Ab stract More than 1500 shell or na ments were re cov ered dur ing the ex ca va tions of the early Up per Paleolithic through Mesolithic lay ers of Klissoura Cave 1. The or na ment as sem blages from the mid dle and lower Aurig na cian and the ear li est Up per Paleolithic (Uluzzian) lay ers as so ci ate with well pre served hearths and other in tact cul tural fea tures. The older or na ment a...