Late Pleistocene human evolution in Sicily: comparative morphometric analysis of Grotta di San Teodoro craniofacial remains Export

@article{citeulike:4569705, abstract = {The paleoanthropological remains from Grotta di San Teodoro near Acquedolci (province of Messina, Italy) represent the oldest and largest skeletal collection yet found documenting human settlement of Sicily. The sample, attributed to the Late Epigravettian (between 14,000 and 10,000 years B.P.), consists of seven variously complete adult individuals (San Teodoro 1–7). We compare the cranial sample to an array of both prehistoric and recent samples using multivariate techniques including D 2 distance analysis, canonical variate analysis, cluster analysis, and multidimensional scaling. Overall, the San Teodoro cranial sample displays a morphometric pattern close to Western European groups of similar antiquity, in particular those from Central and Southern Italy. The morphometric affinities indicate that these people probably came from peninsular Italy by sea during the Late Epigravettian epoch. An alternative hypothesis is that they descended from immigrants that arrived by land during a low sea level episode corresponding to the maximum W\"{u}rmian regression, about 18,000 years B.P, with gene flow accounting for the morphological homogeneity with the populations of peninsular Italy. The San Teodoro skeletal sample provides the first reliable evidence for human settlement of Sicily.}, author = {D'Amore, Giuseppe and Di Marco, Sylvia and Tartarelli, Giandonato and Bigazzi, Renzo and Sineo, Luca}, citeulike-article-id = {4569705}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.02.002}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0047248409000268}, day = {15}, doi = {10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.02.002}, issn = {00472484}, journal = {Journal of Human Evolution}, keywords = {200905, italie, morphometrie, paleoanthropologie, pleistocene-superieur}, month = {May}, posted-at = {2009-05-21 14:43:21}, priority = {2}, title = {Late Pleistocene human evolution in Sicily: comparative morphometric analysis of Grotta di San Teodoro craniofacial remains}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.02.002}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4569705 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4569705 N2 - The paleoanthropological remains from Grotta di San Teodoro near Acquedolci (province of Messina, Italy) represent the oldest and largest skeletal collection yet found documenting human settlement of Sicily. The sample, attributed to the Late Epigravettian (between 14,000 and 10,000 years B.P.), consists of seven variously complete adult individuals (San Teodoro 1–7). We compare the cranial sample to an array of both prehistoric and recent samples using multivariate techniques including D 2 distance analysis, canonical variate analysis, cluster analysis, and multidimensional scaling. Overall, the San Teodoro cranial sample displays a morphometric pattern close to Western European groups of similar antiquity, in particular those from Central and Southern Italy. The morphometric affinities indicate that these people probably came from peninsular Italy by sea during the Late Epigravettian epoch. An alternative hypothesis is that they descended from immigrants that arrived by land during a low sea level episode corresponding to the maximum Würmian regression, about 18,000 years B.P, with gene flow accounting for the morphological homogeneity with the populations of peninsular Italy. The San Teodoro skeletal sample provides the first reliable evidence for human settlement of Sicily. JF - Journal of Human Evolution SN - 00472484 TI - Late Pleistocene human evolution in Sicily: comparative morphometric analysis of Grotta di San Teodoro craniofacial remains KW - 200905 KW - italie KW - morphometrie KW - paleoanthropologie KW - pleistocene-superieur AU - D'Amore, Giuseppe AU - Di Marco, Sylvia AU - Tartarelli, Giandonato AU - Bigazzi, Renzo AU - Sineo, Luca PY - 2009/05/15/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.02.002 ER -