@article {330080,
	title = {Nobody{\textquoteright}s land? The oldest evidence of early Upper Paleolithic settlements in inland Iberia},
	journal = {Science Advances},
	volume = {10},
	year = {2024},
	note = {<p>doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ado3807</p>
},
	pages = {eado3807},
	abstract = {<p>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. Human presence at the Malia site reshapes understanding of early Upper Paleolithic population dynamics in southern Europe.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. Human presence at the Malia site reshapes understanding of early Upper Paleolithic population dynamics in southern Europe.</p>
},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ado3807},
	url = {https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.ado3807},
	author = {Sala, Nohemi and Alcaraz-Casta{\~n}o, Manuel and Arriolabengoa, Martin and Mart{\'\i}nez-Pillado, Virginia and Pantoja-P{\'e}rez, Ana and Rodr{\'\i}guez-Hidalgo, Antonio and T{\'e}llez, Edgar and Cubas, Miriam and Castillo, Samuel and Arnold, Lee J. and Demuro, Martina and Duval, Mathieu and Arteaga-Brieba, Andion and Llamazares, Javier and Ochando, Juan and Cuenca-Besc{\'o}s, Gloria and Mar{\'\i}n-Arroyo, Ana B. and Seijo, Mar{\'\i}a Mart{\'\i}n and Luque, Luis and Alonso-Llamazares, Carmen and Arlegi, Mikel and Rodr{\'\i}guez-Almagro, Manuel and Calvo-Simal, Cecilia and Izquierdo, Beatriz and Cuartero, Felipe and Torres-Iglesias, Leire and Agudo-P{\'e}rez, Luc{\'\i}a and Arribas, Alfonso and Carri{\'o}n, Jos{\'e} S. and Magri, Donatella and Zhao, J.-x. and Pablos, Adri{\'a}n}
}
