Table 2.
All significant results returned across all spatial scenarios and model versions
| Spatial scenario | Exceptional temporal gap identified (Acheulean absence inferred) |
p | Model temporal direction | k | Model version | Acheulean absence inferred? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sites | Central dates | ||||||
| Europe S1 | Abbeville ↔ Old Park | 525,000 ↔ 505,500 | 0.050 | Reverse | 5 | Central | Unclear |
| Barnfield Pit ↔ Barnham | 403,500 ↔ 400,500 | 0.004 | Reverse | 5 | Central | Unclear | |
| Lademagne ↔ Solana del Zamborino | 397,000 ↔ 390,000 | 0.016 | Forwards | 10 | Central | Unclear | |
| Europe S2 | Abbeville ↔ Old Park | 525,000 ↔ 505,500 | <0.0001 | Reverse | 5 | Central | Unclear |
| Waverley Wood ↔ Warren Hill | 505,000 ↔ 501,000 | 0.002 | Forwards | 5 | Central | Unclear | |
| Barnfield Pit ↔ Barnham | 403,500 ↔ 400,500 | 0.004 | Reverse | 5 | Central | Unclear | |
| Malagrotta ↔ Lademagne | 399,000 ↔ 397,000 | 0.026 | Forwards | 10 | Central | Unclear | |
| Lademagne ↔ Solana del Zamborino | 397,000 ↔ 390,000 | 0.006 | Forwards | 10 | Central | Unclear | |
| Vale do Forno ↔ Soucy | 330,000 ↔ 320,000 | 0.009 | Reverse | 5 | Central | Unclear | |
| Dovercourt ↔ Broom | 318,500 ↔ 303,000 | 0.006 | Forwards | 5 | Central | Unclear | |
| Northern Europe | Moulin Quignon ↔ Rampart Field | 660,000 ↔ 592,000 | 0.048 | Reverse | 5 | Central | Yes |
| Maidscross Hill ↔ Abbeville | 580,000 ↔ 525,000 | 0.009 | Forwards | 5 | Central | Yes | |
| 0.030 | Reverse | 5 | Central | ||||
| Abbeville ↔ Old Park | 525,000 ↔ 505,500 | <0.001 | Reverse | 5 | Central | Unclear | |
| Waverley Wood ↔ Warren Hill | 505,000 ↔ 501,000 | 0.002 | Forwards | 5 | Central | Unclear | |
| High Lodge ↔ Beeches Pit | 492,000 ↔ 414,000 | 0.012 | Forwards | 5 | Central | Yes | |
| 0.009 | Reverse | 5 | Central | ||||
| St Pierre–les–Elbeuf ↔ Stoke Newington | 385,000 ↔ 318,500 | 0.031 | Forwards | 5 | Central | Yes | |
| 0.024 | Forwards | 10 | Central | ||||
| Southern Europe | Castle di Guido ↔ Caune de l’Arago | 412,000 ↔ 400,000 | 0.007 | Reverse | 5 | Central | Unclear |
| Iberia | Cueva Negra ↔ Sima de los Huesos | 850,000 ↔ 427,000 | 0.002 | Reverse | 5 | Central | Yes |
| 0.041 | Reverse | 10 | Central | ||||
| 0.026 | Reverse | 5 | Resamp. | ||||
| 0.047 | Reverse | 10 | Resamp. | ||||
Note: See Supplementary Tables S3–S7 for the results pertaining to each investigated temporal gap. A clear inference of Acheulean absence (i.e. ‘yes’) is based on a significant result being returned and a majority of the sites in the main sample not displaying identical (or near-identical) ages assigned principally through MIS-stage associations only. When the latter criteria cannot be met, the absence of cultural information is determined to be ‘unclear’. Note that only the Iberia scenario returned a significant result via the resampling procedure.