Optical dating of Upper Palaeolithic deposits in the Altai Mountains, Siberia
Journal: Research Online (University of Wollongong)
Year: 2016

Denisovans, Neanderthals and modern humans are hominin groups known to have occupied the Altai Mountains in the Late Pleistocence. The earliest Upper Palaeolithic (UP) in the Altai Mountains consists of two variants, the Initial Upper Palaeolithic (IUP) and Early Upper Palaeolithic (EUP). It is uncertain which of these hominin groups was responsible for the IUP and EUP.\nThere are two models to explain the emergence of the UP in the Altai Mountains: the local transition model and the chrono-stra