Manot Cave: In Search of Modern Humans
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2017)
Manot cave in Israel produced a 55,000 year old anatomically modern human skull (Manot 1) and dense archaeological layers dated to the Early Upper Paleolithic period. Research on the human and the archaeological remains represent a major advancement in the understanding of the origin of our species and modern behavior in Western Asia. The aim of the proposed symposium "In search for modern humans at Manot Cave" is hence to present the public with the most updated interdisciplinary studies on Manot Cave to provide insights to the culture and environments of Early Upper Paleolithic modern humans in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Specialists working in excavation and analysis of the materials from the cave illustrate the results of their most recent work.
Other Keywords
Manot Cave •
Aurignacian •
Upper Paleolithic •
Levant •
Upper Palaeolithic •
Lithics •
Morphology •
Dental Morphology •
Human Evolution •
Dental Attrition
Geographic Keywords
Republic of Turkey (Country) •
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Country) •
Republic of Iraq (Country) •
Islamic Republic of Iran (Country) •
State of Israel (Country) •
Lebanese Republic (Country) •
Syrian Arab Republic (Country) •
West Bank (Country) •
Republic of Cyprus (Country) •
Arab Republic of Egypt (Country)