Fig. 7: Cultural and environmental characteristics of the Levantine MP. | Nature Human Behaviour

Fig. 7: Cultural and environmental characteristics of the Levantine MP.

From: Evidence from Tinshemet Cave in Israel suggests behavioural uniformity across Homo groups in the Levantine mid-Middle Palaeolithic circa 130,000–80,000 years ago

Fig. 7: Cultural and environmental characteristics of the Levantine MP.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

The different proxies that characterized the Levantine MP. The mid-MP differs from the early and late MP in lithic production methods, symbolic behaviour (the use of ochre and burial practices) and hunting strategies. VPDB, Vienna Peedee belemnite; v, present. Credit: Skull icon adapted from OpenClipArt under a Creative Commons license CC0 1.0.

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