%0 Journal Article
%A Arsuaga, Juan Luis
%A Villaverde Bonilla, Valentín
%A Quam, R.
%A Martínez Mendizábal, Ignacio
%A Carretero, José Miguel
%A Lorenzo Merino, Carlos
%A Gracia Téllez, Ana
%T New Neandertal remains from Cova Negra (Valencia, Spain)
%D 2007
%@ 0047-2484
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51214
%X New Neandertal fossils from the Mousterian site of Cova Negra in the Valencia region of Spain are described, and a comprehensive study ofthe entire human fossil sample is provided. The new specimens significantly augment the sample of human remains from this site and make CovaNegra one of the richest human paleontological sites on the Iberian Peninsula. The new specimens include cranial and postcranial elements fromimmature individuals and provide an opportunity to study the ontogenetic appearance of adult Neandertal characteristics in this Pleistocene population.Children younger than 10 years of age constitute four of the seven minimum number of individuals in the sample, and this relativeabundance of children at Cova Negra is similar that in to other Neandertal sites in Europe and southwest Asia. The recognition of diagnosticNeandertal features in several of the specimens, as well as their western European context and late Pleistocene age, suggests that all the humanremains from Cova Negra represent Neandertals. The archaeological evidence from Cova Negra indicates sporadic, short-term occupations ofthe site, suggesting a high degree of mobility among Neandertals.
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