RT Journal Article
T1 The Gravettian occipital bone from the site of Malladetes (Barx, Valencia, Spain)
A1 Arsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis
A1 Villaverde Bonilla, Valentín
A1 Quam, Rolf
A1 Gracia Téllez, Ana
A1 Lorenzo Merino, Carlos
A1 Martínez Mendizábal, Ignacio
A1 Carretero, José Miguel
AB The juvenile occipital bone from the site of Malladetes in Valencia (Spain) is described and compared with other European Pleistocene representatives of the genus Homo. This specimen derives from a Gravettian cultural context and has been AMS radiocarbon-dated to 25,120±240 years bp. As such, it provides evidence on early modern human anatomy from the Central Mediterranean region of the Iberian peninsula. The clear evidence for a late survival of Neandertals in southern Iberia, has led to considerable debate surrounding the biological and cultural interactions between these Pleistocene humans and their early modern human successors, and it is within this context that the Malladetes specimen represents an important contribution to the discussion. The recently discovered Upper Paleolithic infant from the site of Lagar Velho in Portugal is said to show a mosaic of Neandertal and early modern human characteristics throughout the skeleton and is argued to represent the strongest evidence yet recovered in favor of hybridization between these two Pleistocene populations. Our analysis of the Malladetes occipital, however, reveals no evidence of Neandertal genetic influence.
PB Elsevier
SN 0047-2484
YR 2002
FD 2002
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/137277
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/137277
LA eng
NO Arsuaga, Juan Luis, et al. «The Gravettian Occipital Bone from the Site of Malladetes (Barx, Valencia, Spain)». Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 43, n.o 3, septiembre de 2002, pp. 381-93. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1006/jhev.2002.0579.
NO Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 28 jul 2026