RT Journal Article
T1 Short and long period growth markers of enamel formation distinguish European Pleistocene hominins
A1 Modesto Mata, Mario
A1 Dean, M. Christopher
A1 Lacruz, Rodrigo S.
A1 Bromage, Timothy G.
A1 García Campos, Cecilia
A1 Martínez de Pinillos, Marina
A1 Martín-Francés, Laura
A1 Martinón-Torres, María
A1 Carbonell i Roura, Eudald
A1 Arsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis
A1 Bermúdez de Castro, José María
AB Characterizing dental development in fossil hominins is important for distinguishing between them and for establishing where and when the slow overall growth and development of modern humans appeared. Dental development of australopiths and early Homo was faster than modern humans. The Atapuerca fossils (Spain) fill a barely known gap in human evolution, spanning ~1.2 to ~0.4 million years (Ma), during which H. sapiens and Neandertal dental growth characteristics may have developed. We report here perikymata counts, perikymata distributions and periodicities of all teeth belonging to the TE9 level of Sima del Elefante, level TD6.2 of Gran Dolina (H. antecessor) and Sima de los Huesos. We found some components of dental growth in the Atapuerca fossils resembled more recent H. sapiens. Mosaic evolution of perikymata counts and distribution generate three distinct clusters: H. antecessor, Sima de los Huesos and H. sapiens.
PB Nature Research
SN 2045-2322
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6124
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6124
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)/FEDER
NO Generalitat de Catalunya
NO Acción Integrada Francia-España
NO Junta de Castilla y León
NO The Leakey Foundation
NO Atapuerca Foundation
NO IdEx
NO European Social Funds
DS Docta Complutense
RD 12 abr 2025