New human remains of archaic homo sapiens and Lower Palaeolithic industries from Visogliano (Duino Aurisina, Trieste, Italy)

New human remains have been found during recent excavations conducted in th e lower section of Visogliano dolina (Trieste, Italy). They are represented by teeth and a fragment of particularly robust mandible that for their mor phological and morphometrical characters can be generically attributed to a rchaic Homo sapiens. The lithic industry is formed by flakes, carinated poi nts, scrapers, choppers and chopping tools and is characteristic of the Ita lian Pebble Culture. Sediments, pollen and faunal remains indicate that thi s part of the deposit was formed during interglacial climatic conditions in the early, but not initial phase of Middle Pleistocene (isotopic stadium 1 3 or 11). Copyright 2000 Academic Press