New excavations prove Ebro River acted as a barrier to the cultural and population flows during the Palaeolithic
Excavations in three archaeological sites in the basin of the Mula River (Murcia) showed how Neanderthals lived in the south of the peninsula about 3,000 years more than in other areas of the continent due the “barrier” effect of the Ebro Depression which, under certain climate conditions, slowed down the arrival of new populations and cultures. The study, published in the journal Heliyon, with the ICREA researcher -from the UB- João Zilhão as its first signer, supports the hypothesis that states the expansion of modern humans was an uneven and punctuated process.
Excavations in three archaeological sites in the basin of the Mula River (Murcia) showed how Neanderthals lived in the south of the peninsula about 3,000 years more than in other areas of the continent due the “barrier” effect of the Ebro Depression which, under certain climate conditions, slowed down the arrival of new populations and cultures. The study, published in the journal Heliyon, with the ICREA researcher -from the UB- João Zilhão as its first signer, supports the hypothesis that states the expansion of modern humans was an uneven and punctuated process.