Expression of Nonmetric Dental Traits in Western European Neanderthals

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ID7987787
AutoresF Lukyn Williams (0000-0003-3649-3989, Georgia State University), Rebecca L George (0000-0002-3901-1677, University of Nevada, Reno), Marie‐antoinette De Lumley (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Marie-Antoinette De Lumley, Gaël Becam (0000-0002-7417-0761, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Ano2018
Volume30
Fascículo1
Páginas3-15
Data de publicação2018-06-07
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDental Anthropology Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1096-9411 • E-ISSN: 2769-822X
EditoraDental Anthropology Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.26575/daj.v30i1.21
OpenAlexW2892328154
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas12

Neanderthals of Western Europe lived across distinct ecogeographic zones from Marine Iso-tope Stage 7 to 3. Differences in dental morphology from seven Western European sites are compared in terms of ecogeography and chronology.Neanderthals (n = 12) along a north-south gradient were examined. These included the Meuse River Basin of Belgium (Engis 2 and Scladina 1-4A ), Southwest France (Pech de l'Azé 1 and Roc de Marsal), the Pyrenees (Malarnaud and Montmaurin), and the Mediterranean (Hortus). Montmaurin is the oldest, followed by Scladina 1-4A and Malarnaud, whereas the others are younger.Dental casts were prepared from Neanderthal permanent and deciduous dentition. These were de-scribed and scored, according to the ASUDAS. Comparisons of dental traits with respect to ecogeo-graphic regions and chronological categories were constructed.Unusual dental features observed include the anterior fovea, entoconulid, metaconulid, and Cara-belli’s cusp. Dental traits that distinguish ecogeographic regions are the expression of the M1 hypocone and metaconule, whereas the hypoconulid and Carabelli’s cusp separate chronological categories. Dif-ferences are present for the entoconulid and metaconulid in both comparisons.Neither chronology nor ecogeography fully explains the results. Similarities in dental traits exist between Roc de Marsal, Pech de l’Azé 1 and Engis 2, and secondarily within the Hortus assemblage

Archaeology · Biology · Chronology · Cusp (singularity · Dentition · Geography · Neanderthal · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Paleontology