The MUP Zagros Project: tracking the Middle–Upper Palaeolithic transition in the Kermanshah region, west-central Zagros, Iran. (20th January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Heydari-Guran, Saman; Ghasidian, Elham
• Is Part Of: Antiquity. Volume 91:Number 355(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-01-20
• Subjects: Archaeology -- Periodicals; Antiquities -- Periodicals; 930.05
• DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2016.261
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-598X

Abstract

Abstract : In recent decades, the Eurasian Middle–Upper Palaeolithic (M–UP) transition has been a topic of major interest among palaeoanthropologists. Great progress has been made in several domains, particularly palaeogenetics, which have revealed the complex ancestry of early Eurasians. This progress—including the identification of a ghost lineage of Eurasians in the Middle East—is providing important new biogeographical hypotheses. A key region for such topics is the Iranian Plateau—an area that has so far not been subject to intensive research.