Size variation in Middle Pleistocene humans

被引:94
作者
Arsuaga, JL
Carretero, JM
Lorenzo, C
Gracia, A
Martinez, I
deCastro, JMB
Carbonell, E
机构
[1] UNIV BURGOS,FAC HUMANIDADES & EDUC,DEPT CIENCIAS HIST & GEOG,BURGOS 09071,SPAIN
[2] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,MUSEUM VERTEBRATE ZOOL,LAB HUMAN EVOLUT STUDIES,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[3] CSIC,MUSEO NACL CIENCIAS NAT,E-28006 MADRID,SPAIN
[4] UNIV ROVIRA & VIRGILI,LAB ARQUEOL,TARRAGONA 43005,SPAIN
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D O I
10.1126/science.277.5329.1086
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
It has been suggested that European Middle Pleistocene humans, Neandertals, and prehistoric modern humans had a greater sexual dimorphism than modern humans. Analysis of body size variation and cranial capacity variation in the large sample from the Sima de los Huesos site in Spain showed instead that the sexual dimorphism is comparable in Middle Pleistocene and modern populations.
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页码:1086 / 1088
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