Neandertal mandibles from the Sima de las Palomas del Cabezo Gordo, Murcia, southeastern Spain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8315752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Walker (0000-0002-7389-9518, Universidad de Murcia), Michael J Walker, Alessandra Lombardi, A Vincent Lombardi, Josefina Zapata (0000-0001-5725-8473, Universidad de Murcia), E Trinkaus (0000-0002-5175-1651, Washington University in St. Louis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 142 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 261-272 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.21223 |
| PMID | 20014182 |
| OpenAlex | W1989141289 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 30 |
The Middle Paleolithic levels of the Sima de las Palomas have yielded eight partial mandibles (Palomas 1, 6, 7, 23, 49, 59, 80, and 88). Palomas 7, 49, 80, and 88 are immature, and Palomas 49, 59, 80, and 88 are among the latest Neandertals (∼40,000 cal BP). Palomas 1 is geologically older (∼50,000–60,000 cal BP), and the other three were found ex situ. The mandibles exhibit a suite of characteristics that align them with the Neandertals among later Pleistocene humans, including symphyseal morphology, symphyseal orientation, corpus robusticity, distal mental foramen position, retromolar space presence, wide immature dental arcade, and high‐coronoid process with an asymmetrical mandibular notch. However, Palomas 6 lacks a retromolar space, Palomas 59 has a narrow lateral corpus, and Palomas 80 has a mesial mental foramen and open mandibular foramen. The Palomas mandibles therefore help to document that the late Middle Paleolithic of southern Iberia was the product of Neandertals. They also reinforce the presence of variability in both metric and discrete aspects of Neandertal mandibular morphology, both within and across samples, some of which may be temporal and/or geographic in nature. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2010. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc
Archaeology · Biology · Foramen · Geography · Mandible (arthropod mouthpart · Mental foramen · Middle Paleolithic · Pleistocene · Upper Paleolithic · Zoology · Anatomy · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Medicine · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
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| Citations per year | 0,93 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2022 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |