Fig. 1: Stratigraphy with ___location of H. sapiens bones, map of LRJ sites and lithics from Ranis.
From: Homo sapiens reached the higher latitudes of Europe by 45,000 years ago
a, General stratigraphy and correlations of the 1930s and 2016–2022 excavations with the in situ ___location of the hominin specimen ID 16/116-159327 within the layer 8, north profile (photograph). Stars mark the layers with hominin bones. Shaded in red are the LRJ layers. ‘R’ marks rockfall events. The purple rock represents the 1.7-m-thick rock that sealed the basal sequence. gr, grey; d-s, dark-spotted; bl, black; br, brown. b, Location of Ranis (star) and the LRJ (red shaded area). Schematic artefacts mark the dominant leaf point type in the LRJ subdivisions (Lincombian (blade points), Ranisian (blade points and large bifacial points) and Jerzmanowician (blade points)). The map was created in QGIS39 on the basis of Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data V4 (http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org)40. c,d, Blade fragments (16/116-159048 and 16/116-151453), layer 8. e, Quartzite flake (16/116-159051) from surface retouch, layer 8. f, Jerzmanowice blade point, layer X (Museum Burg Ranis, IV 1328). g, Bifacial leaf point (Museum Burg Ranis IV 1319), layer X. a, Adapted from ref. 17. f,g, Photos: J. Schubert.
