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Neurocranial abnormalities of the Gongwangling Homo erectus from Lantian, China

文献类型:期刊论文

作者Shang, Hong1,2; Trinkaus, Erik1; Liu, Wu2; Wu, Xinzhi2; Zhu, Qizhi3; trinkaus@artsci.wustl.edu
刊名JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
出版日期2008-09-01
卷号35期号:9页码:2589-2593
关键词Computerized Tomography Paleopathology Taphonomy Early Pleistocene
ISSN号0305-4403
文献子类Article
英文摘要A B S T R A C T The Homo erectus cranium found at Gongwangling, near Lantian, China, and dated to = 1.2 ma BP has been analyzed with respect to its evolutionary position. However, the remains, and especially the internal and external surfaces of the neurocranium, present a series of marked abnormalities. These irregularities consist principally of a pronounced cresting and scalloping of the external surface of the frontal bone and anterior parietal bone and a similar alteration of the internal surface of a mid transverse section of parietal bone that connects with the fossilization break across the anterior parietal bone. There is no obvious exposure of cliplo on the surfaces. Woo (Vertebrato PaLAsiatica 10:1-16, 1966) briefly ascribed these abnormalities to postmortem erosion, and Caspari (Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 102:565-568, 1997) has attributed the irregularities of the right supraorbital torus to antemortern trauma. It has been suggested that the pervasive neurocranial alterations might be pathological. Computerized tomography (CT) analysis of the frontal and parietal bones revealed complete radiopacity of the anterior half of the fossil; it is possible to distinguish large frontal sinuses but other details, including in the area of the purported traumatic lesion, are invisible. However, in the posterior frontal bone and preserved portions of the parietal bone the cliploi and tables are discernible. Externally on the frontoparietal section and internally on the transverse parietal piece, there are clear erosional lacunae in the associated table, combined with a thin layer of matrix which obscures the eroded diplo externally. The superficial irregularities are therefore due to postmortem taphonomic alterations of the bone and not pathological processes. In addition, it is apparent that the two pieces were embedded in the matrix at different angles, resulting in their differential erosion. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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WOS关键词SKULL ; SHENSI ; BURN ; BONE
WOS研究方向Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geology
语种英语
WOS记录号WOS:000258007400018
公开日期2013-11-27
源URL[http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4814]  
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trinkaus@artsci.wustl.edu
作者单位1.Washington Univ, Dept Anthropol, St Louis, MO 63130 USA
2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
3.Peking Univ, Peoples Hosp, Dept Radiol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
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Shang, Hong,Trinkaus, Erik,Liu, Wu,et al. Neurocranial abnormalities of the Gongwangling Homo erectus from Lantian, China[J]. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE,2008,35(9):2589-2593.
APA Shang, Hong,Trinkaus, Erik,Liu, Wu,Wu, Xinzhi,Zhu, Qizhi,&trinkaus@artsci.wustl.edu.(2008).Neurocranial abnormalities of the Gongwangling Homo erectus from Lantian, China.JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE,35(9),2589-2593.
MLA Shang, Hong,et al."Neurocranial abnormalities of the Gongwangling Homo erectus from Lantian, China".JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE 35.9(2008):2589-2593.

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