Morphological affinities of the Šaľa 1 frontal bone

0164438 - UBO-W 20030005 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Sládek, Vladimír - Trinkaus, E. - Šefčáková, A. - Halouzka, R.
Morphological affinities of the Šaľa 1 frontal bone.
Journal of Human Evolution. Roč. 43, č. 6 (2002), s. 787-815. ISSN 0047-2484. E-ISSN 1095-8606
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z6093917
Keywords : Late Pleistocene * early modern humans * frontal bone
Subject RIV: AC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology
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The human frontal bone from Šaľa, Slovak Republic, has previously entered into discussions of the morphological patterns of Central European Neandertals and. the origins of early modern humans in that region. A morphological reassessment of its supraorbital region and a morphometric analysis of its overall proportions indicate that it falls well within expected ranges of variation of. Late Pleistocene Neandertals and-is separate from European earlier Upper Paleolithic early modern human crania., It is similar to the Qafzeh-Skhul sample in some metrical and supraorbital robusticity measures, but it contrasts with them in mid-sagittal curvature, and supraorbital torus morphology. In the context of its probable oxygen isotope stage 5 age based on inferred biostratigraphic associations, it should not be employed directly for arguments relating to the emergence of modem humans in Central Europe.
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