چکیده:
Iran is justly famous for its spectacular record of Bronze Age, Iron Age, and later cultures, making it one of the world’s
premier centers of emerging early civilizations. Far less is known about Iran’s Paleolithic record, which almost certainly spans nearly
two million years and represents more than 99.5% of the country’s archaeological record. This paper highlights some of the most
interesting new findings in paleoanthropology, archaeology, and genetics that are transforming our understanding of the human story in
Eurasia. Not surprisingly, however, much is in flux and many issues and questions have arisen that are unresolved or poorly understood.
The goal of this paper is to underscore the tremendous potential of Iran’s rich but underappreciated Paleolithic record for contributing
to our understanding of this dynamic and fascinating stage in the human career.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Abstract: Keywords: Iran, Middle East, Paleolithic, Homo erectus, Neanderthal, Modern Human Origins Introduction Iran is justly famous for its marvelous record of the so far mostly eroded out on the surface, humans have Bronze Age, Iron Age, and later periods, making it one inhabited Iran for hundreds of thousands of years, in fact of the world's premier centers of early civilizations.
Did in Europe was episodic, the result of comparatively short- early Homo in Eurasia already possess a division of lived pulses of migration or population expansion from labor, as might be suggested by the fact that, at least in regions to the east that collapsed each time glacial climates Africa, they regularly transported meat (and bones) back deteriorated to the point that they could no longer maintain to a central place or home base presumably to share with a viable foothold (Bar-Yosef 1992; Bradtmöller et al.
The distinctive stone tools Are we witnessing the symbolically-motivated behavior of of this time period have been found on the surface and in a newly emerged and cognitively superior form of human caves and rockshelters throughout the country, making it (Klein 2000), or a more mundane demographically-driven clear that Iran has an exceptionally rich Middle Paleolithic need for mechanisms of intergroup interaction and alliance record.
Concluding Remarks Iran has a remarkable Paleolithic record, making it clear that much of the two-million-year-long story of humans outside of Africa is preserved right here within its very boundaries.