RT Journal Article
T1 Main anatomical characteristics of the hominin fossil humeri from the Sima de los Huesos Middle Pleistocene site, Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain: An update
A1 Carretero, José Miguel
A1 García González, Rebeca
A1 Rodríguez, Laura
A1 Arsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis
AB Some of the Sima de los Huesos (SH) humeri have been previously studied and described elsewhere. Here we present an updated inventory and a review of the specimens recovered to the present day. The morphological key traits of the adult and subadult specimens are described, discussed, and illustrated. The SH humeri share with Neandertals many traits usually considered to be Neandertal specializations, thus, most of this morphological pattern is not exclusive to them. The variation found within fossil samples stresses the frequential nature of all these traits and in the specific case of the SH humeri, most of the traits considered as phylogenetically relevant are retained by their descendants, the Neandertals. Some traits are plesiomorphic for the entire genus Homo or are present in European hominins since the early Pleistocene. Finally, some other traits display high variability within the SH sample or different hominin samples and are of uncertain phylogenetic value. Altogether, this evidence is consistent with the hypothesis based on the overall cranial and postcranial morphology that the SH hominins are a sister group to the later Neandertals.
PB Wiley
SN 1932-8486
YR 2024
FD 2024-07
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/105019
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/105019
LA eng
NO Carretero, José‐Miguel, et al. «Main Anatomical Characteristics of the Hominin Fossil Humeri from the Sima de Los Huesos Middle Pleistocene Site, Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain: An Update». The Anatomical Record, vol. 307, n.o 7, julio de 2024, pp. 2519-49, https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25194
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
NO Junta de Castilla y León
NO Fundación Atapuerca
DS Docta Complutense
RD 9 abr 2025