Category:Paleolithic Europe
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Articles relating to Paleolithic Europe which encompasses the era from the arrival of the first archaic humans, about 1.4 million years ago until the beginning of the Mesolithic (also Epipaleolithic) around 10,000 years ago. This period thus covers over 99% of the total human presence on the European continent.{{cite book |title=Handbook of Paleoanthropology |author1=Nicholas Toth |author2=Kathy Schick |name-list-style=amp |year=2007 |publisher=Springer|location= Berlin; Heidelberg |isbn=978-3-540-32474-4 |page=1963 |doi=10.1007/978-3-540-33761-4_64 }} The early arrival and disappearance of Homo erectus and Homo heidelbergensis, the appearance, complete evolution and eventual demise of Homo neanderthalensis and the immigration and successful settlement of Homo sapiens all have taken place during the European Paleolithic.{{cite web|url=https://www.ancient.eu/Paleolithic/ | title =Paleolithic | publisher = Ancient History Encyclopedia Limited |date= September 29, 2017 |author=Emma Groeneveld |access-date= January 22, 2019 }}
{{Category see also|Mesolithic Europe}}