RT Journal Article
T1 How the Sima de los Huesos was won
A1 Arsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis
A1 Martínez Mendizábal, Ignacio
A1 Gracia Téllez, Ana
A1 Carretero, José Miguel
A1 Esquivel, Alfonso
A1 García García, Nuria
A1 Lorenzo Merino, Carlos
A1 Quam, Rolf
A1 Aramburu Artano, Arantza
A1 Sala Burgos, Mª Teresa Nohemi
A1 Trueba, Javier
AB Although the first discovery of a human fossil in the Sima de los Huesos took place in 1976, systematic excavations did not begin there until 1984. Since then, this site has been continuously excavated in month-long camps. The site is dated by different radiometric techniques to between 430,000 and 300,000 years ago. Until the 2023 campaign, just over 7000 human fossils have been recovered, constituting the largest collection of fossils prior to Homo sapiens ever discovered. The fossils correspond to a minimum of 29 individuals of both sexes and different ages at death, from preadolescents to a specimen of advanced age. Comparative anatomy and ancient DNA studies both suggest that this is a population closely related to Homo neanderthalensis. The great variety and extraordinary quality of the fossils recovered have allowed us to carry out a series of investigations that have greatly increased our knowledge about the evolution of Homo in the Middle Pleistocene. Among the most important discoveries, it has been possible to establish body size and proportions, the confirmation that the origin of the accumulation of human fossils was of an anthropic nature, that those past humans took care of disabled individuals and who were capable of having an oral language almost as complex and efficient as that of our own species.
PB Wiley
SN 1932-8486
YR 2024
FD 2024-07
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/105011
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/105011
LA eng
NO Arsuaga, Juan‐Luis, et al. «How the Sima de Los Huesos Was Won». The Anatomical Record, vol. 307, n.o 7, julio de 2024, pp. 2225-45, https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25509.
NO MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/FEDER
NO Universidad de Alcalá
NO MCIN/AEI /10.13039/501100011033
NO European Union's Horizon 2020
DS Docta Complutense
RD 10 abr 2025