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Brief communication: the human humerus from the Broken Hill Mine, Kabwe, ZambiaErik Trinkaus
Department of Anthropology, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO 63130, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 149:312-7. 2012..Given its uncertain geological age and modern human morphology, the Broken Hill E.898 humerus should not be used in analyses of Pleistocene humans until it is securely dated...
European early modern humans and the fate of the NeandertalsErik Trinkaus
Department of Anthropology, Campus Box 1114, Washington University, St Louis, MO 653130, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:7367-72. 2007..This interpretation is in agreement with current analyses of recent and past human molecular data...
Early modern human cranial remains from the PeÅŸtera cu Oase, RomaniaErik Trinkaus
Department of Anthropology, Campus Box 1114, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
J Hum Evol 45:245-53. 2003- Peştera cu Oase 2 and the cranial morphology of early modern EuropeansHélène Rougier
Department of Anthropology, Campus Box 1114, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:1165-70. 2007.... - Middle Paleolithic human remains from the Gruta da Oliveira (Torres Novas), PortugalErik Trinkaus
Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 134:263-73. 2007..The preserved portions of the phalanx, humerus, and tibia align them morphologically with the Neandertals. In addition, the Oliveira 4 tibial diaphysis shows evidence of carnivore (probably canid) gnawing... - Middle Paleolithic human remains from the Gruta Da Oliveira (Torres Novas), PortugalJohn C Willman
Department of Anthropology, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO 63130, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 149:39-51. 2012..It contrasts with at least recent human P(3) s in having relatively thin enamel. These join the Oliveira 1 to 4 remains in further documenting early MIS 3 Neandertal morphology in western Iberia... - Brief communication: paleopathology of the Kiik-Koba 1 NeandertalErik Trinkaus
Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 137:106-12. 2008..Kiik-Koba 1 therefore adds to the high incidence of pathological lesions among the Neandertals and, if a diagnosis of DISH is correct, to a high frequency of this disorder among older Neandertals... - Shanidar 10: a Middle Paleolithic immature distal lower limb from Shanidar Cave, Iraqi KurdistanLibby W Cowgill
Department of Anthropology, Campus Box 1114, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
J Hum Evol 53:213-23. 2007..The cross-sectional geometry of the tibial midshaft reveals modest cortical thickening and a level of diaphyseal robusticity similar to those of recent human infants of a similar developmental age... - An early modern human from Tianyuan Cave, Zhoukoudian, ChinaHong Shang
Department of Paleoanthropology, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 142 Xi Zhi Men Wai Street, Beijing 100044, China
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:6573-8. 2007..This morphological pattern implies that a simple spread of modern humans from Africa is unlikely... - Cross-sectional geometry and morphology of the mandibular symphysis in Middle and Late Pleistocene HomoSeth D Dobson
Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
J Hum Evol 43:67-87. 2002.... - Late pleistocene human femoral diaphyseal curvatureLaura L Shackelford
Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 118:359-70. 2002.... - Late Pleistocene human remains from Wezmeh Cave, western IranErik Trinkaus
Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130 4899, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 135:371-8. 2008..Wezmeh Cave therefore provides additional Paleolithic human remains from the Zagros Mountains and further documents Late Pleistocene human association with otherwise carnivore-dominated cave assemblages... - Later Middle Pleistocene human remains from the Almonda Karstic system, Torres Novas, PortugalErik Trinkaus
Department of Anthropology, Campus Box 1114, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
J Hum Evol 45:219-26. 2003..Both teeth are morphologically similar to those of other Middle Pleistocene European humans and reinforce a pattern of dental hypertrophy among these archaic Homo... - Eyasi 1 and the suprainiac fossaErik Trinkaus
Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 124:28-32. 2004..These observations therefore indicate that these features are not limited to Neandertal lineage specimens, and should be assessed in terms of frequency distributions among later archaic humans... - The postcranial dimensions of the La Chapelle-aux-saints 1 NeandertalErik Trinkaus
Department of Anthropology, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO 63130, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 145:461-8. 2011.... - Brief communication: Bone remodeling rates in Pleistocene humans are not slower than the rates observed in modern populations: A reexamination of Abbott et al. (1996)Margaret Streeter
Department of Anthropology, Boise State University, ID 83725, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 141:315-8. 2010..The corrected remodeling rates for the Pleistocene group are similar to the values obtained in the more recent comparative sample... - Late Pleistocene adult mortality patterns and modern human establishmentErik Trinkaus
Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:1267-71. 2011..They indicate only subtle and paleontologically invisible changes in human paleodemographics with the establishment of modern humans; they provide no support for a life history advantage among early modern humans... - Human Evolution: Neandertal gene speaks outErik Trinkaus
Department of Anthropology, Campus Box 1114, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
Curr Biol 17:R917-9. 2007..An analysis of Neandertal DNA indicates that they shared with living humans a form of the FOXP2 gene, the absence of which impairs speech and cognitive processing related to human language... - An early modern human from the Peştera cu Oase, RomaniaErik Trinkaus
Department of Anthropology, Campus Box 1114, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100:11231-6. 2003.... - Neandertal faces were not long; modern human faces are shortErik Trinkaus
Department of Anthropology, Campus Box 1114, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100:8142-5. 2003..Neandertal facial length is not derived. The shortness of recent human facial skeletons is the evolutionarily derived condition... - Middle Pleistocene human remains from the Bau de l'AubesierSerge Lebel
Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l Atmosphère, Université de Québec à Montréal, Casse Postale 8888, Succursale Centre Ville, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3P8, Canada
J Hum Evol 43:659-85. 2002.... - Isotopic evidence for omnivory among European cave bears: Late Pleistocene Ursus spelaeus from the Peştera cu Oase, RomaniaMichael P Richards
Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:600-4. 2008..These data therefore broaden the dietary profile of U. spelaeus and raise questions about the nature of the carnivore guild in Pleistocene Europe... - A Mid-Upper Palaeolithic human humerus from Eel Point, South Wales, UKRick J Schulting
School of Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queen s University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK
J Hum Evol 48:493-505. 2005..Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope measurements do not support certain use of marine foods but highlight the need for more research on contemporary faunal remains in order to better interpret human values from this period... - An ectocranial lesion on the Middle Pleistocene human cranium from Hulu Cave, Nanjing, ChinaHong Shang
Department of Paleoanthropology, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 142 Xi Zhi Men Wai St, Beijing 100044, China
Am J Phys Anthropol 135:431-7. 2008..Dietary deficiencies, infection, and neoplastic disorders do not fit the lesion characteristics. The Hulu 1 specimen therefore joins a growing sample of Pleistocene Homo remains with nonfatal and nontrivial disorders... - Morphological affinities of the Sal'a 1 frontal boneVladimír Sládek
Ustav biologie obratlovců, Akademie ved CR, Květná 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic
J Hum Evol 43:787-815. 2002..In the context of its probable oxygen isotope stage 5 age based on inferred biostratigraphic associations, it should not be employed directly for arguments relating to the emergence of modern humans in Central Europe... - Osteocalcin protein sequences of Neanderthals and modern primatesChristina M Nielsen-Marsh
Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:4409-13. 2005.... - Revised direct radiocarbon dating of the Vindija G1 Upper Paleolithic NeandertalsTom Higham
Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, University of Oxford, 6 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3QJ, United Kingdom
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:553-7. 2006.... - Direct dating of Early Upper Palaeolithic human remains from MladecEva M Wild
VERA Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator Laboratory, Institut für Isotopenforschung und Kernphysik der Universität Wien, Wahringerstrasse 17, Austria
Nature 435:332-5. 2005.... - A late Neandertal femur from Les Rochers-de-Villeneuve, FranceCédric Beauval
Institut de Préhistoire et de Géologie du Quaternaire and Laboratoire d Anthropologie des Populations du Passé, Unite Mixte de Recherche, Universite de Bordeaux, Talence, France
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:7085-90. 2005.... - Early modern humans from the Pestera Muierii, Baia de Fier, RomaniaAndrei Soficaru
Centrul de Cercetări Antropologice Fr J Rainer, Eroii Sanitari 8, PO Box 35-13, 76241 Bucharest, Romania
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:17196-201. 2006..The reproductive and scapulohumeral functional inferences emphasize the subtle natures of behavioral contrasts between Neandertals and these early modern Europeans... - Who's afraid of the big bad Wolff?: "Wolff's law" and bone functional adaptationChristopher Ruff
Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 129:484-98. 2006..Thus, when employed with appropriate caution, these features may be used to reconstruct mechanical loadings and behavioral differences within and between past populations...