RT Journal Article
T1 Human hyoid bones from the middle Pleistocene siteof the Sima de los Huesos (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)
A1 Martínez Mendizábal, Ignacio
A1 Arsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis
A1 Quam, R.
A1 Carretero, José Miguel
A1 Gracia Téllez, Ana
A1 Rodríguez García, Laura
AB This study describes and compares two hyoid bones from the middle Pleistocene site of the Sima de los Huesos in the Sierra de Atapuerca(Spain). The Atapuerca SH hyoids are humanlike in both their morphology and dimensions, and they clearly differ from the hyoid bones ofchimpanzees and Australopithecus afarensis. Their comparison with the Neandertal specimens Kebara 2 and SDR-034 makes it possible to beginto approach the question of temporal variation and sexual dimorphism in this bone in fossil humans. The results presented here show that thedegree of metric and anatomical variation in the fossil sample was similar in magnitude and kind to living humans. Modern hyoid morphologywas present by at least 530 kya and appears to represent a shared derived feature of the modern human and Neandertal evolutionary lineagesinherited from their last common ancestor.
PB Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam
SN 0047-2484
YR 2008
FD 2008
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51212
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51212
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 16 jun 2025