Abstract A reliable chronology for the oldest settlements of Europe from the Early to the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene is an important requirement for understanding human evolution and especially the routes used to reach Western Europe from Africa. The paucity of sites, plus the limited number of available samples for dating, and the many contexts which do not favor the use of particular dating methods, further complicate the picture. This contribution addresses several questions: Which dating methods are relevant for establishing the chronology of the main sites? Are the first settlements older than the Jaramillo event? Which routes were used to enter Europe? Were the earliest human occupations intermittent or continuous?

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从非洲进入欧洲的第一个人类住区：一个时间顺序的视角

摘要 一个可靠的欧洲最古老定居点从早期到中更新世开始的年表是理解人类进化的重要要求，尤其是从非洲到西欧的路线。站点的匮乏，加上可供测年的样本数量有限，以及不利于使用特定测年方法的许多背景，使情况进一步复杂化。这篇文章解决了几个问题：哪些测年方法与确定主要遗址的年表有关？第一个定居点是否早于 Jaramillo 事件？哪些路线被用于进入欧洲？最早的人类职业是间歇性的还是连续性的？