A new skull of early homo from Dmanisi, Georgia

被引：238

作者：

Vekua, A

Lordkipanidze, D

Rightmire, GP

Agusti, J

Ferring, R

Maisuradze, G

Mouskhelishvili, A

Nioradze, M

de Leon, MP

Tappen, M

Tvalchrelidze, M

Zollikofer, C

机构：

[1] Georgian Acad Sci, Georgian State Museum, GE-380007 Tbilisi, Georgia

[2] Georgian Acad Sci, Inst Paleobiol, GE-380004 Tbilisi, Georgia

[3] SUNY Binghamton, Dept Anthropol, Binghamton, NY 13902 USA

[4] Inst Paleontol M Crusafont, Sabadell 08201, Spain

[5] Univ N Texas, Dept Geog, Denton, TX 76203 USA

[6] Georgian Acad Sci, Inst Geog, GE-380093 Tbilisi, Georgia

[7] Georgian Acad Sci, Archeol Ctr, GE-380002 Tbilisi, Georgia

[8] Univ Zurich Irchel, Inst Anthropol, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland

[9] Univ Zurich Irchel, MultiMedia Lab, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland

[10] Univ Minnesota, Dept Anthropol, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA

[11] Georgian Acad Sci, Inst Geol, GE-380093 Tbilisi, Georgia

来源：

SCIENCE | 2002年 / 297卷 / 5578期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.1072953

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：

Another hominid skull has been recovered at Dmanisi ( Republic of Georgia) from the same strata in which hominid remains have been reported previously. The Dmanisi site dated to similar to1.75 million years ago has now produced craniofacial portions of several hominid individuals, along with many well-preserved animal fossils and quantities of stone artifacts. Although there are certain anatomical differences among the Dmanisi specimens, the hominids do not clearly represent more than one taxon. We assign the new skull provisionally to Homo erectus (=ergaster). The Dmanisi specimens are the most primitive and small-brained fossils to be grouped with this species or any taxon linked unequivocally with genus Homo and also the ones most similar to the presumed habilis-like stem. We suggest that the ancestors of the Dmanisi population dispersed from Africa before the emergence of humans identified broadly with the H. erectus grade.

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页码：85 / 89

页数：6

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