3 NEW HUMAN SKULLS FROM THE SIMA-DE-LOS-HUESOS MIDDLE-PLEISTOCENE SITE IN SIERRA-DE-ATAPUERCA, SPAIN

被引：199

作者：

ARSUAGA, JL ^{[1
]}

MARTINEZ, I ^{[1
]}

GRACIA, A ^{[1
]}

CARRETERO, JM ^{[1
]}

CARBONELL, E ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV ROVIRA & VIRGILI,ARQUEOL LAB,TARRAGONA,SPAIN

来源：

NATURE | 1993年 / 362卷 / 6420期

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D O I：

10.1038/362534a0

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

THREE important fossil hominids were found in July 1992 in the Middle Pleistocene cave site called Sima de los Huesos (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Northern Spain). One is a complete calvaria (cranium 4), the second a virtually complete cranium (cranium 5), the third represents a more fragmentary cranium of an immature individual (cranium 6). There is a large difference in size between the two adult specimens (for example endocranial volume 1,125 cm3 versus 1,390 cm3). The Atapuerca human remains are dated to >300,000 years. The Atapuerca cranial sample fits within the 'archaic Homo sapiens' group, but is well differentiated from the Asian Homo erectus group. The extensive Atapuerca human collection is the most complete sample of Middle Pleistocene humans yet discovered from one site, and appears to document an early stage in Neanderthal evolution.

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页码：534 / 537

页数：4

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