The Transition from Lower to Middle Palaeolithic and the Origins of Modern Man: International Symposium to commemorate the 50th anniversary of excavations in the Mount Carmel Caves by D.A.E. Garrod: University of Haifa 6-14 October 1980

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Front Cover Copyright Dedication The Organizing Committee Table of Contents Participants Auditors Symposium Program Preface 1. INTRODUCTION CARMEL — A HOLY MOUNTAIN IN ANCIENT TIMES MT. CARMEL CAVES — THE FIRST EXCAVATIONS SOME REMARKS ON THE NATURE OF TRANSITIONS IN PREHISTORY RED OCHRE, THE TRANSITION BETWEEN LOWER AND MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC AND THE ORIGIN OF MODERN MAN 2. THE LEAVANT AN AMINO ACID RACEMIZATION CHRONOLOGY FOR TABUN THE MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC IN THE SOUTHERN LEVANT, WITH COMMENTS ON THE APPEARANCE OF MODERN HOMO SAPIENS ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS DURING THE LOWER/MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC TRANSITION IN THE NEAR EAST AND THE BALKANS THE UPPER ACHEULIAN ON THE ISRAELI COASTAL PLAIN THE ACHEULIAN SITE OF BREKHAT RAM 3. EUROPE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN MIDDLE EUROPE DURING THE LOWER/MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC TRANSITION ON THE TRANSITION FROM "LOWER" TO "MIDDLE" PALAEOLITHIC IN SOUTH-WEST FRANCE THE TRANSITION LOWER/MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC IN NORTHERN FRANCE DER UBERGANG VOM ALT-ZUM MITTELPALAOLITHIKUM IN SUDDEUTSCHLAND THE TRANSITION LOWER/MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC IN NORTHWESTERN GERMANY THE TRANSITION FROM LOWER TO MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO BRITAIN THE LOWER/MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC TRANSITION IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA THE TRANSITION FROM LOWER TO MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC IN CENTRAL ITALY: AN EXAMPLE FROM LATIUM THE TRANSITION FROM LOWER TO MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC IN GREECE AND THE SOUTHERN BALKAN 4. AFRICA AND S-E ASIA THE TRANSITION FROM LOWER TO MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC IN THE AFRICAN CONTINENT THE LOWER/MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC TRANSITION IN THE HUNSGI VALLEY, PENINSULAR INDIA PEBBLE-CORE AND FLAKE ELEMENTS: PROCESS OF TRANSMUTATION AND THE FACTORS THEREOF: A CASE STUDY OF THE TRANSITION FROM LOWER TO MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC IN INDIA IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSFORMATION FROM LOWER/MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC WITH TYPO-TECHNOLOGICAL MARKER 5. THE ORIGIN OF MODERN MAN THE FIRST HOMO SAPIENS SAPIENS IN THE NEAR EAST EVOLUTIONARY CONTINUITY AMONG ARCHAIC HOMO SAPIENS 6. CONCLUDING DISCUSSION CONCLUDING DISCUSSION