Upper Paleolithic
The hominin that became dominant in the Upper Paleolithic period was Homo sapiens. It includes a sequence of archeological cultures that are basically the same for all the Franco-Cantabrian region.
In this period the interior (Mediterranean basin) was seldom if ever inhabited, due to the limitations imposed by the cold climate.
Read more about this topic: Basque Prehistory
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