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Initial Upper Paleolithic

The Initial Upper Paleolithic (also IUP, c. 50,000–40,000 BP) covers the first stage of the Upper Paleolithic, during which modern human populations expanded throughout Eurasia following the initial migration out of Africa.

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Initial Upper Paleolithic

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Initial Upper Paleolithic

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Initial Upper Paleolithic → Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria, CAF, Detailed, IUP, IUP-affiliated, Levallois, The Initial Upper Paleolithic, There, These IUP, This, While

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upper initial paleolithic modern 000 iup site human tianyuan aurignacian tools iup-affiliated bacho kiro cave europe asia east bp period

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bipolar knappinginstance ofsite fragmentation and reduction using techniques0.80text
re-flaking of implements.The dispersal of IUP-affiliated material culture into Europeinstance ofsite fragmentation and reduction using techniques0.80text
Central Asiainstance ofsite fragmentation and reduction using techniques0.80text
Siberia as well as Northwest China may stem from a distinct migration wave than the dispersal of IUP-affiliated material culture into the Southinstance ofsite fragmentation and reduction using techniques0.80text
Southeastinstance ofsite fragmentation and reduction using techniques0.80text
East Asian region as well as Oceaniainstance ofsite fragmentation and reduction using techniques0.80text
Oase 1 from Romaniainstance ofwith several IUP individuals0.80text
several from Bacho Kiro Cave in Bulgaria showing evidence of distinct subsequent Neanderthal admixture events that had occurred relatively few generations prior to their lifetime.Among the earliest modern humans which have been directly dated to this period areinstance ofwith several IUP individuals0.80text
Initial Upper Paleolithicrelated to Technology, art, and distributionThe Initial Upper Paleolithic0.60section
Initial Upper Paleolithicrelated to Technology, art, and distributionThese IUP0.60section
Initial Upper Paleolithicrelated to Technology, art, and distributionLevallois0.60section
Initial Upper Paleolithicrelated to Technology, art, and distributionThere0.60section

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