Reply to: 'No direct evidence for the presence of Nubian Levallois technology and its association with Neanderthals at Shukbah Cave'

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Blinkhorn, James
Zanolli, Clement
Compton, Tim
Groucutt, Huw S
Scerri, Eleanor M
Crete, Lucile
Stringer, Chris
Petraglia, Michael D
Blockley, Simon
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2022
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An exclusive connection between Homo sapiens and Nubian Levallois technology has been posited, but remains to be demonstrated1. Our re-evaluation of the fossil and lithic material from Shukbah Cave confounds such assumptions due to the identification of a Neanderthal molar tooth alongside Nubian Levallois cores and points at the site2. Hallinan and colleagues3 question this finding, instead supporting the use of Nubian Levallois technology as a fossile directeur to track expansions of Homo sapiens. We tackle these critiques, highlighting the problematic foundations in the assertion that Nubian Levallois technology is a unique, discrete entity, resulting in its misuse to support simplistic culture-historical narratives.

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Blinkhorn, J; Zanolli, C; Compton, T; Groucutt, HS; Scerri, EM; Crete, L; Stringer, C; Petraglia, MD; Blockley, S, Reply to: 'No direct evidence for the presence of Nubian Levallois technology and its association with Neanderthals at Shukbah Cave', Scientific Reports, 2022, 12 (1), pp. 1208

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