RT Journal Article
T1 The human cranial remains from Gran Dolina Lower Pleistocene site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)
A1 Arsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis
A1 Martínez Mendizábal, Ignacio
A1 Lorenzo, Carlos
A1 Gracia, Ana
A1 Muñoz, Alberto
A1 Alonso, Óscar
A1 Gallego, Jesús
AB In this article we study the cranial remains of the late Lower Pleistocene human fossils from Gran Dolina (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain), assigned to the new species Homo antecessor. The cranial remains belong to at least five individuals, both juveniles and adults. The most outstanding feature is the totally modern human morphology of the very complete face ATD6-69, representing the earliest occurrence of the modern face in the fossil record. The Gran Dolina fossils show in the face a suite of modern human apomorphies not found in earlier hominids nor in contemporary or earlier Homo erectus fossils. There are also traits in the Gran Dolina fossils shared with both Neandertals and modern humans, which reinforce the hypothesis that Neandertals and modern humans form a clade, and that the Gran Dolina fossils are a common ancestor to both lineages.
PB Elsevier
SN 0047-2484
YR 1999
FD 1999-09
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118323
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118323
LA eng
NO Arsuaga, J.-L., Martínez, I., Lorenzo, C., Gracia, A., Mun˜oz, A., Alonso, O., & Gallego, J. (1999). The human cranial remains from Gran Dolina Lower Pleistocene site (Sierra de atapuerca, spain). Journal of Human Evolution, 37(3-4), 431-457. https://doi.org/10.1006/jhev.1999.0309
NO Dirección General de Enseñanza Superior (España)
NO Dirección General de Investigación de la Comunidad de Madrid
NO Unidad Asociada CSIC-UCM (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 25 abr 2025