AMS radiocarbon dating at Oxford and its contribution to issues of the extinction of Neanderthals and the spread of Homo sapiens sapiens across Eurasia

Authors
Pettitt, PB Ramsey, CB Hedges, REM Hodgins, GWL
Citation
Pb. Pettitt et al., AMS radiocarbon dating at Oxford and its contribution to issues of the extinction of Neanderthals and the spread of Homo sapiens sapiens across Eurasia, NUCL INST B, 172, 2000, pp. 751-755
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS
ISSN journal
0168583X → ACNP
Volume
172
Year of publication
2000
Pages
751 - 755
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(200010)172:<751:ARDAOA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit has participated in a number of pro jects central to the question of the evolutionary fate of the Neanderthals and the spread of our own species across Eurasia. This paper outlines some of the key issues in this field and reports on some dating projects which h ave refined our knowledge of these momentous events in human history. (C) 2 000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.