A human parietal fossil found at the Shuidonggou site, Ningxia, China
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| 作者 | Wu, XJ; Liu, W ; Wang, ZX; Liu, W (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, POB 643, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China.
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| 刊名 | ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCE
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| 出版日期 | 2004-04-01 |
| 卷号 | 112期号:1页码:83-89 |
| 关键词 | Shuidonggou Site Parietal Human Fossils |
| ISSN号 | 0918-7960 |
| 文献子类 | Article |
| 英文摘要 | The morphological features of the first human parietal fossil found at the Shuidonggou site of Ningxia, China are described and compared with other specimens. Our results show that most of the features of the Shuidonggou parietal resemble those of modem humans. On the other hand, this specimen was found in situ adjacent to the erosional surface of the late Pleistocene stratum and exhibits a certain degree of fossilization. There are two features which are different from modem humans and similar to those of fossil hominids. One of the features is the strong ridges between the striae parietalis suggesting that the temporalis muscles were more developed than in modem humans. The second feature is the lack of a sigmoid sulcus at the mastoid angle of the Shuidonggou parietal which is similar to the situation seen in Homo erectus of Zhoukoudian. Given the similarities of many morphological features between late Pleistocene and modem humans, it is impossible to set the age or evolutionary status of the fossil accurately just from skeletal morphology of a fragmentary parietal. Nevertheless, taking the specimen's fossilization and the background information of the site into consideration, we believe that the parietal likely comes from the late Pleistocene human populations that lived in this area.; The morphological features of the first human parietal fossil found at the Shuidonggou site of Ningxia, China are described and compared with other specimens. Our results show that most of the features of the Shuidonggou parietal resemble those of modem humans. On the other hand, this specimen was found in situ adjacent to the erosional surface of the late Pleistocene stratum and exhibits a certain degree of fossilization. There are two features which are different from modem humans and similar to those of fossil hominids. One of the features is the strong ridges between the striae parietalis suggesting that the temporalis muscles were more developed than in modem humans. The second feature is the lack of a sigmoid sulcus at the mastoid angle of the Shuidonggou parietal which is similar to the situation seen in Homo erectus of Zhoukoudian. Given the similarities of many morphological features between late Pleistocene and modem humans, it is impossible to set the age or evolutionary status of the fossil accurately just from skeletal morphology of a fragmentary parietal. Nevertheless, taking the specimen's fossilization and the background information of the site into consideration, we believe that the parietal likely comes from the late Pleistocene human populations that lived in this area. |
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| WOS关键词 | MIDDLE-AWASH VALLEY ; ETHIOPIA |
| WOS研究方向 | Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000223635400009 |
| 公开日期 | 2013-11-27 |
| 源URL | [http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/3662]  |
| 专题 | 古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_图书馆1 古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_古人类及旧石器研究室 |
| 通讯作者 | Liu, W (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, POB 643, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China. |
| 作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Sch, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Culture & Rel Off, Lingwu, Ningxia Hui, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wu, XJ,Liu, W,Wang, ZX,et al. A human parietal fossil found at the Shuidonggou site, Ningxia, China[J]. ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCE,2004,112(1):83-89. |
| APA | Wu, XJ,Liu, W,Wang, ZX,&Liu, W .(2004).A human parietal fossil found at the Shuidonggou site, Ningxia, China.ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCE,112(1),83-89. |
| MLA | Wu, XJ,et al."A human parietal fossil found at the Shuidonggou site, Ningxia, China".ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCE 112.1(2004):83-89. |
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