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Lateuropa: Why late earliest occupation of Western Europe?

Lateuropa: Why late earliest occupation of Western Europe?

Funded by

ERC

Code

Grant agreement ID: 101052653

Duration

Inicio 1 enero 2023, fin 31 diciembre 2027

Responsible

Javier BAENA (IP UAM), Marie-Hélène Moncel (coordinadora)

Objectives

Humans are an adaptive species. Early hominins conquered Eurasia along a rapid ‘Out of Africa’ movement long before modern humans. However, they did not populate Western Europe for almost 1 million years. Western Europe faced several environmental constraints during this period. Nevertheless, archaeology in Asia and the Levant reveals that hominins overcome changing climatic conditions and geographies. The EU-funded LATEUROPE project will question human migrations and peopling. It will investigate why the arrival of the earliest hominins to Western Europe occurred after Eurasia. The project will use datasets of interdisciplinary and behavioural materials enriched by future fieldwork in several specific sites and biomes before 500 ka to question the adaptation ability of the Homo species in harsh environments.

Researchers

Nathalie Nebout-Combourieu, Mehdi Saqalli, Pierre Antoine, Matt Grove, Christine Hertler, Nick Ashton, Marta Arzarello, Javier Baena, Jean-Jacques Bahain, Ameline Bardo, Adèle Bertini, Claudio Berto, Yonas Beyene, Kate Britton, Séverine Fauquette, Bruce Hardy, Cristina Lemorini, y otros

Otros datos de interés

https://lateurope.cnrs.fr/