Neanderthal teeth from moula‐guercy, Ardèche, France

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ID8320693
AuthorsLeslea J Hlusko (0000-0003-0189-6390, Human Evolution Research Center University of California Berkeley 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building Berkeley CA 94720), Joshua P Carlson (0009-0006-1857-2738, Human Evolution Research Center University of California Berkeley 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building Berkeley CA 94720), D Guatelli-Steinberg (0000-0002-1345-5384, The Ohio State University), Debbie Guatelli‐steinberg (Department of Anthropology 4034 Smith Laboratory, The Ohio State University 174 West 18th Columbus OH 43210‐1106), K L Krueger (0000-0002-8132-7675, Loyola University Chicago), Ben Mersey (Human Evolution Research Center University of California Berkeley 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building Berkeley CA 94720), Peter S Ungar (0000-0002-5936-471X, Department of Anthropology University of Arkansas Fayetteville AR 72701), Alban Defleur (CNRS UMR 5276 Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon 46, Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07 France)
Year2013
Volume151
Issue3
Pages477-491
Publication date2013-07-01
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.22291
PMID23737145
OpenAlexW1577283644
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited65

Here we describe dental remains from a Neanderthal fossil assemblage from Moula‐Guercy, France. Our report demonstrates that the Moula‐Guercy hominid remains contribute important morphological, developmental, and behavioral data to understanding Neanderthal evolutionary history. We include gross comparative morphological descriptions and enamel surface microstructure and microwear data. These teeth reveal numerous characteristics that are diagnostic of Neanderthals and provide no evidence for the presence of any other hominid taxa. Enamel growth increment data from the Moula‐Guercy specimens yield evidence of a Neanderthal pattern of development, although at the lower end of the range of variation. The presence of a significant number of linear enamel hypoplasias indicates that these individuals were stressed during childhood. Molar microwear data suggest that these Neanderthals did not differ significantly from modern humans in terms of the fracture properties of the food they were consuming. The incisor microwear and macro striations provide evidence that these individuals may have been using their anterior teeth as tools, similar to the practices of several modern human populations such as the Inuit, Ipiutak, and Australian Aboriginals, and reminiscent of evidence from other Neanderthals from Krapina, Croatia, as well as the 600,000 year old hominids from Sima de los Huesos, Spain. Am J Phys Anthropol 151:477–491, 2013.© 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc

Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology) · Biology · Enamel paint · Evolutionary biology · Geography · Neanderthal · Range (aeronautics) · dental development and anomalies · Dentistry · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Medicine · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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