A Middle Pleistocene Homo from Nesher Ramla, Israel
| Autor: | Lou Albessard-Ball, Gerhard W. Weber, Israel Hershkovitz, María Martinón-Torres, Ariel Pokhojaev, Laura Martín-Francés, Dominique Grimaud-Hervé, Emiliano Bruner, Hila May, Antonio Profico, Cinzia Fornai, Viviane Slon, Rolf Quam, José María Bermúdez de Castro, Tim Schüler, Amélie Vialet, Fabio Di Vincenzo, Giorgio Manzi, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Viktoria A. Krenn, Rachel Sarig, Yossi Zaidner |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique (HNHP), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Zurich, Hershkovitz, Israel, May, Hila, Sarig, Rachel |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
010506 paleontology
1000 Multidisciplinary 060101 anthropology Multidisciplinary Pleistocene [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory 610 Medicine & health 06 humanities and the arts Ancient history 01 natural sciences Geography 11294 Institute of Evolutionary Medicine 0601 history and archaeology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Science Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2021, 372 (6549), pp.1424-1428. ⟨10.1126/science.abh3169⟩ |
| ISSN: | 0036-8075 1095-9203 |
| Popis: | Middle PleistoceneHomoin the LevantOur understanding of the origin, distribution, and evolution of early humans and their close relatives has been greatly refined by recent new information. Adding to this trend, Hershkovitzet al.have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown archaicHomopopulation, the “Nesher RamlaHomo” (see the Perspective by Mirazon Lahr). The authors present comprehensive qualitative and quantitative analyses of fossilized remains from a site in Israel dated to 140,000 to 120,000 years ago indicating the presence of a previously unrecognized group of hominins representing the last surviving populations of Middle PleistoceneHomoin Europe, southwest Asia, and Africa. In a companion paper, Zaidneret al.present the radiometric ages, stone tool assemblages, faunal assemblages, and other behavioral and environmental data associated with these fossils. This evidence shows that these hominins had fully mastered technology that until only recently was linked to eitherHomo sapiensor Neanderthals. Nesher RamlaHomowas an efficient hunter of large and small game, used wood for fuel, cooked or roasted meat, and maintained fires. These findings provide archaeological support for cultural interactions between different human lineages during the Middle Paleolithic, suggesting that admixture between Middle PleistoceneHomoandH. sapienshad already occurred by this time.Science, abh3169 and abh3020, this issue p.1424and p.1429; see also abj3077, p.1395 |
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