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Ohalo II H2

A 19,000‐year‐old skeleton from a water‐logged site at the Sea of Galilee, Israel

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ID8317225
AuthorsIsrael Hershkovitz (0000-0001-5841-6090, Tel Aviv University, corresponding author), M Speirs (Swarthmore College), M S Speirs, David W Frayer (0000-0003-2522-5794, University of Kansas), D Frayer, Dani Nadel (0000-0001-7736-1830, University of Haifa), Susanne Wish‐baratz (0000-0002-6353-5374, Tel Aviv University), B Arensburg (Tel Aviv University)
Year1995
Volume96
Issue3
Pages215-234
Publication date1995-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330960302
PMID7785722
OpenAlexW2093833171
LanguageEN
Citations received65
References cited40

The discovery of well‐preserved human remains at the site of Ohalo II in the northern Jordan Valley substantially augments the meager fossil record of the Levantine late Upper Pleistocene. The Ohalo II H2 specimen, dated to ca. 19,000 B.P., is the most complete early Epipaleolithic hominid discovered in Israel and promises to contribute to the clarification of a number of problematic issues in the local evolution of anatomically modern humans. In addition to a description of the burial and its Kebaran context, a detailed anatomical description of the skeleton is offered and morphometric comparisons are made to other Upper Paleolithic hominids. Ohalo II H2 is shown to demonstrate affinities in the craniofacial skeleton to fossils from the early Upper Paleolithic and late Epi‐Paleolithic of the Levant. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc

Archaeology · Context (archaeology) · Geography · Middle Paleolithic · Paleoanthropology · Pleistocene · Upper Paleolithic · dental development and anomalies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Geology · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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