Extended Data Fig. 1: Ranis site plan and main West profile of the 2016–2022 excavation.
From: Homo sapiens reached the higher latitudes of Europe by 45,000 years ago
a) Ilsenhöhle Ranis. b) Plan of the 2016–2022 excavation. The basal sequence including the LRJ layers were excavated in the red area of squares 1003/999, 1003/1000, 1004/999, and 1004/1000. The purple dashed line marks the removed rock. The inset shows the ___location of our excavation area relative to the plan of the 1932–1938 excavation17, while the red box marks the area of the excavated basal sequence. c) West profile of Layers 12 to 7. The lower part of the large rock that was removed is on top of Layer 7. b (inset), adapted from ref. 17.
