A Century Of Research Into The Origins Of The Upper Paleolithic In The Levant
Journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Year: 2014

In the Levant, the origins of the Upper Palaeolithic is closely linked to the question of modern human emergence. is paper reviews a century of research on the subject. e history of discoveries in Mount Carmel (1900-1945) is argued to have particular importance in shaping the debate, yielding both archaeological and physical anthropological remain that were initially considered to be "transitional" between modern humans and their Neanderthal predecessors. is perspective changed dramati- cally in