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Taphonomic skeletal disturbances in the Sima de los Huesos postcranial remains Sala Burgos, Nohemi Martínez, Ignacio Lorenzo, Carlos García, Rebeca Carretero, José Miguel Rodríguez, Laura Gómez Olivencia, Asier Aranburu, Arantza García García, Nuria Quam, Rolf Gracia Téllez, Ana Ortega, María Cruz Arsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis 569.89(460.182) bone breakage Middle Pleistocene hominins taphonomy Paleontología 2416 Paleontología The postcranial skeleton of fossil hominins is crucial for reconstructing the processes that occurred between the time of death and the recovery of the bones. Thousands of postcranial skeletal fragments from at least 29 hominin individuals have been recovered from the Sima de los Huesos Middle Pleistocene site in Spain. This study's primary objective is to address the main taphonomic features of the postcranial remains from the Sima de los Huesos sample, including antemortem, perimortem, and postmortem skeletal disturbances. We present an updated assessment of the bone surface modification analysis, the fracture pattern analysis, and the skeletal part representation to facilitate interpretation of the biostratinomic and fossil-diagenetic processes in this large paleoanthropological collection. We conclude that carnivores (probably bears) had limited access to the hominin bones and complete bodies were probably placed in the site. Junta de Castilla y León Atapuerca Foundation European Research Council Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion Fondo Social Europeo Agencia Estatal de Investigación Depto. de Geodinámica, Estratigrafía y Paleontología Fac. de Ciencias Geológicas TRUE pub 2023-06-22T11:23:04Z 2023-06-22T11:23:04Z 2023 journal article https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/72369 0003-276X 10.1002/ar.25197 eng PID2021-122355NB-C31 PID2021-122355NB-C33 MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/FEDER 949330 RYC2020-029656-I RYC-2017-22558 restricted access application/pdf Wiley Periodicals