On the Application of Morphological "Dating" to the Hominid Fossil Record

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3027836
AutoresFred H Smith (autor de correspondencia)
Año1977
Volumen33
Número3
Páginas302-316
Fecha de publicación1977-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Anthropological Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0091-7710 • E-ISSN: 2153-3806
EditorialUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/jar.33.3.3630011
OpenAlexW2334509921
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas2

This article considers the possible contribution of a modified concept of morphological "dating" to paleoanthropology. It is suggested that when a fossil specimen is discovered which does not "fit" morphologically with its supposed contemporaries, morphological dissimilarity should function to focus attention on the accuracy of its suggested antiquity. Examples from the Upper Pleistocene of Europe and North America illustrate that whenever such a situation has occurred in the past, the original dating and/ or the context of the aberrant specimen was subsequently found to be either wrong or at least highly questionable

Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Focus (optics · Paleoanthropology · Pleistocene · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Geology · History · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology