| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Series |
Texas A & M University anthropology series ; number nineteen |
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Texas A & M University anthropology series ; no. 19.
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| Contents |
Introduction: The Neandertals from the Sima de las Palomas / Erik Trinkaus and Michael J. Walker -- The context of the Sima de las Palomas Neandertals / Michael J. Walker, Mariano V. López, Maria Haber, and Erik Trinkaus -- The Palomas Neandertal sample / Erik Trinkaus -- The Palomas cranial remains / Erik Trinkaus -- The Palomas mandibles / Erik Trinkaus, Josefina Zapata, Priscilla Bayle, Katharine A. Robson Brown, Miguel Alcaraz, A. Vincent Lombardi, and Michael J. Walker -- The Palomas dental remains: preservation, wear, and morphology / Josefina Zapata, Priscilla Bayle, A. Vincent Lombardi, Alejandro Perez-Perez, and Erik Trinkaus -- The Palomas dental remains: size and proportions / Beatriz Pinilla and Erik Trinkaus -- The Palomas dental remains: shape morphometrics / Beatriz Pinilla -- The Palomas dental remains: enamel thickness and tissue proportions / Priscilla Bayle, Mona le Luyer, and Katharine A. Robson Brown -- The Palomas dental remains: postcanine wear / Beatriz Pinilla, Alejandro Romero, and Alejandro Perez-Perez -- The Palomas dental remains: nonmasticatory wear / John C. Willman -- The Palomas oral paleopathology and stress indicators / Sarah A. Lacy, Josefina Zapata, A. Vincent Lombardi, John C. Willman, and Erik Trinkaus -- The Palomas postcrania / Erik Trinkaus, Katharine A. Robson Brown, Jon Ortega, and Klára Karaková -- The Palomas body size and proportions / Erik Trinkaus -- The Palomas mortality patterns / Erik Trinkaus -- The people of Palomas / Erik Trinkaus -- References -- Contributors |
| Summary |
The Neandertal site of the Sima de las Palomas del Cabezo Gordo, located in Murcia in southeastern Spain, is unique in several respects. One of its most important contribution to the field of Anthropology, however, may be that it has yielded of the remains of at least 17 Neandertals, adding appreciable breadth to the available data for a greater understanding of Neandertals. Further, its location in the southern Iberian Peninsula provides the potential for studying a population that may have been somewhat isolated from contemporaneous groups of early humans. This comprehensive analysis represents the first detailed description and analysis of the human fossil assemblage found at the Sima de las Palomas site. While scientific discussion continues regarding the precise impact of Neandertals upon modern human physiology and biology, The People of Palomas adds significantly to our knowledge of the human fossil record of the Late Pleistocene |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Dental anthropology.
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Teeth -- Growth
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Human growth.
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Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Spain -- Murcia (Region)
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Murcia (Spain : Region) -- Antiquities
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Prehistoric peoples -- Spain -- Murcia (Region)
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Neanderthals -- Spain -- Murcia (Region)
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Neanderthals.
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Neanderthals
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Body Remains
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Paleodontology -- methods
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Homo neanderthalensis (extinct species)
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NATURE -- Reference.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- General.
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Antiquities, Prehistoric
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Dental anthropology
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Human growth
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Neanderthals
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Prehistoric peoples
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Teeth -- Growth
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| SUBJECT |
Spain |
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Spain -- Murcia (Region)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Walker, Michael J., editor.
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Trinkaus, Erik, editor.
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Trinkaus, Erik.
Neandertals from the Sima de las Palomas
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| ISBN |
9781623494803 |
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162349480X |
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