RT Journal Article
T1 Dental evidence on the hominin dispersals during the Pleistocene
A1 Martinón Torres, María
A1 Bermúdez de Castro, José María
A1 Gómez Robles, Aida
A1 Arsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis
A1 Carbonell i Roura, Eudald
A1 Lordkipanidze, David
A1 Manzi, Giorgio
A1 Margvelashvili, Ann
AB A common assumption in the evolutionary scenario of the first Eurasian hominin populations is that they all had an African origin. This assumption also seems to apply for the Early and Middle Pleistocene populations, whose presence in Europe has been largely explained by a discontinuous flow of African emigrant waves. Only recently, some voices have speculated about the possibility of Asia being a center of speciation. However, no hard evidence has been presented to support this hypothesis. We present evidence from the most complete and up-to-date analysis of the hominin permanent dentition from Africa and Eurasia. The results show important morphological differences between the hominins found in both continents during the Pleistocene, suggesting that their evolutionary courses were relatively independent. We propose that the genetic impact of Asia in the colonization of Europe during the Early and Middle Pleistocene was stronger than that of Africa.
PB National Academy of Sciences
SN 0027-8424
YR 2007
FD 2007
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/100141
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/100141
LA eng
NO Martinón-Torres, M., et al. «Dental Evidence on the Hominin Dispersals during the Pleistocene». Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 104, n.o 33, agosto de 2007, pp. 13279-82. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0706152104.
NO Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (España) 
NO Dirección General de Investigación
DS Docta Complutense
RD 10 abr 2025