A virtual assessment of the proposed suprainiac fossa on the early modern European calvaria from Cioclovina, Romania

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ID8318328
AuthorsAnna Mt Bosman (0000-0001-7962-7671, DFG Center for Advanced Studies ‘Words, Bones, Genes, Tools: Tracking Linguistic, Cultural, and Biological Trajectories of the Human Past’ Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Tübingen Baden‐Württemberg Germany, corresponding author), K Harvati (0000-0001-5998-4794, DFG Center for Advanced Studies ‘Words, Bones, Genes, Tools: Tracking Linguistic, Cultural, and Biological Trajectories of the Human Past’ Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Tübingen Baden‐Württemberg Germany)
Year2019
Volume169
Issue3
Pages567-574
Publication date2019-07-01
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.23844
PMID31025315
OpenAlexW2941215634
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited47

Our results show that the morphology of the Cioclovina supranuchal region does not correspond to the external and internal morphology of the typical Neanderthal suprainiac fossa. It cannot be characterized as a depression but rather as an area presenting superficial bone turnover. Together with earlier results, there is little phenotypic evidence that Cioclovina has high levels of Neanderthal ancestry. Our study demonstrates the usefulness of this quantitative method in assessing proposed Neanderthal-like suprainiac depressions in Upper Paleolithic and other fossil specimens

Archaeology · Biology · Calvaria · Evolutionary biology · Fossa · Geography · Homo sapiens · Lineage (genetic · Morphology (biology · Neanderthal · Skull · Anatomy · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Genetics · Geology · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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