RT Journal Article
T1 Evolutionary Trends in the Temporal Bone in the Neandertal Lineage: A Comparative Study Between the Sima de los Huesos (Sierra de Atapuerca) and Krapina Samples
A1 Martínez Mendizábal, Ignacio
A1 Quam, Rolf
A1 Arsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis
AB A comparative study of the temporal bone in the fossil human collections from the Middle and Upper Pleistocene sites of the Sima de los Huesos (Spain) and Krapma (Croatia), respectively, has revealed a pattern to the emergence of several Neandertal features in the glenoid fossa and mastoid process. The results demonstrate that a flattened articular eminence characterizes the Neandertal evolutionary lineage, and this apparently derived feature is present at least since the time of the Atapuerca (SH) hominids. In contrast, both the size of the postglenoid process and the projection of the mastoid process have clearly undergone a reduction in the Neandertals, including the Krapina sample, from their Middle Pleistocene precursors. The anterior mastoid tubercle is absent in both the Atapuerca (SH) sample and the Krapina hominids, but is ubiquitous in Upper Pleistocene Western European Neandertals, suggesting a later appearance of this feature. Finally, the narrow width of the mastoid process in the Krapina sample appears to be a feature which is particular to this sample.
PB Croatian Society of Natural Sciences
SN 0031-5362
YR 2006
FD 2006
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/110277
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/110277
LA eng
NO MARTÍNEZ, I., QUAM, R. y ARSUAGA, J. (2006). Evolutionary Trends in the Temporal Bone in the Neandertal Lineage: A Comparative Study Between the Sima de los Huesos (Sierra de Atapuerca) and Krapina Samples. Periodicum biologorum, 108 (3), 309-317.  https://hrcak.srce.hr/83147
NO Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 20 abr 2025