title: The TD6 (Aurora Stratum) hominid site. Final remarks and new questions.
abstract: The study of the faunal and lithic assemblage (including almost a hundred human fossil remains) recovered from the Aurora stratum-TD6 level of the Lower Pleistocene cave site of Gran Dolina (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain) has allowed us to answer some important questions concerning the debate about the earliest evidence for human occupation of Europe. However, it has also started new discussions about some geographical, ecological, and economic aspects of this earliest occupation. The nature (definitive or ephemeral) of the first occupation, as well as the model for the arrival of the Acheulean (Mode 2) in Europe are also issues for discussion.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Paleobiología, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, Madrid, 28006, Spain.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bermúdez de Castro
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carbonell
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cáceres
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Díez
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fernández-Jalvo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mosquera
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ollé
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: X P
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rosas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rosell
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sala
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vergés
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van der Made
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001106:Archaeology; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004463:Ecology; D005580:Fossils; D005843:Geography; D049690:History, Ancient; D015186:Hominidae; D006802:Human Activities / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D013030:Spain