Re: Our ancestors were Neanderthals

On Apr 26, 7:04 pm, "Jois" <firstj...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070423185434.htm

Hasn't this been Erik Trinkaus, Ph.D., professor of anthropology at
Washington University in St. Louis. belief all along?

Did you notice this is an adaptation of a news release about an article in
PNAS? Not quite "right from the horse's mouth" I wonder if the article
says the same thing.

Jois

Abstract below. Welcome back! You haven't missed much... Ross
Macfarlane :-)

See also:
http://news-info.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/101.html
http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/8165.html

www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.0608443103
Published online before print November 3, 2006, 10.1073/pnas.
0608443103

Anthropology-Biological Sciences
Early modern humans from the Petera Muierii, Baia de Fier, Romania
( cranium | Europe | Late Pleistocene | Neandertals | Upper
Paleolithic )

Andrei Soficaru *, Adrian Dobo , and Erik Trinkaus
*Centrul de Cercetri Antropologice "Fr. J. Rainer," Eroii Sanitari 8,
P.O. Box 35-13, 76241 Bucharest, Romania; Institutul de Arheologie
"Vasile Pârvan," Henri Coand 8, Sector 1, 010667 Bucharest, Romania;
and Department of Anthropology, Campus Box 1114, Washington
University, St. Louis, MO 63130



Contributed by Erik Trinkaus, September 26, 2006 (sent for review
September 4, 2006)

The early modern human remains from the Petera Muierii, Romania have
been directly dated to 30,000 radiocarbon years before present (30 ka
14C BP) (35 ka cal BP) ("calendrical" age; based on CalPal 2005) and
augment a small sample of securely dated, European, pre-28 ka 14C BP
(32.5 ka cal BP) modern human remains. The Muierii fossils exhibit a
suite of derived modern human features, including reduced maxillae
with pronounced canine fossae, a narrow nasal aperture, small
superciliary arches, an arched parietal curve, zygomatic arch above
the auditory porous, laterally bulbous mastoid processes, narrow
mandibular corpus, reduced anterior dentition, ventral-to-bisulcate
scapular axillary border, and planoconcave tibial and fibular
diaphyseal surfaces. However, these traits co-occur with contextually
archaic and/or Neandertal features, including a moderately low frontal
arc, a large occipital bun, a high coronoid process and asymmetrical
mandibular notch, a more medial mandibular notch crest to condylar
position, and a narrow scapular glenoid fossa. As with other European
early modern humans, the mosaic of modern human and archaic/Neandertal
features, relative to their potential Middle Paleolithic ancestral
populations, indicates considerable Neandertal/modern human admixture.
Moreover, the narrow scapular glenoid fossa suggests habitual
movements at variance with the associated projectile technology. The
reproductive and scapulohumeral functional inferences emphasize the
subtle natures of behavioral contrasts between Neandertals and these
early modern Europeans.

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