European early modern humans and the fate of the Neandertals Export

@article{citeulike:1277188, abstract = {A consideration of the morphological aspects of the earliest modern humans in Europe (more than {approx}33,000 B.P.) and the subsequent Gravettian human remains indicates that they possess an anatomical pattern congruent with the autapomorphic (derived) morphology of the earliest (Middle Paleolithic) African modern humans. However, they exhibit a variable suite of features that are either distinctive Neandertal traits and/or plesiomorphic (ancestral) aspects that had been lost among the African Middle Paleolithic modern humans. These features include aspects of neurocranial shape, basicranial external morphology, mandibular ramal and symphyseal form, dental morphology and size, and anteroposterior dental proportions, as well as aspects of the clavicles, scapulae, metacarpals, and appendicular proportions. The ubiquitous and variable presence of these morphological features in the European earlier modern human samples can only be parsimoniously explained as a product of modest levels of assimilation of Neandertals into early modern human populations as the latter dispersed across Europe. This interpretation is in agreement with current analyses of recent and past human molecular data. 10.1073/pnas.0702214104}, author = {Trinkaus, Erik}, citeulike-article-id = {1277188}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0702214104}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.pnas.org/content/104/18/7367.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.pnas.org/content/104/18/7367.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/104/18/7367}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17452632}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17452632}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.0702214104}, journal = {PNAS}, keywords = {archaeology, genetics, homo, neanderthal}, month = {May}, number = {18}, pages = {7367--7372}, posted-at = {2009-04-08 18:26:53}, priority = {3}, title = {European early modern humans and the fate of the Neandertals}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0702214104}, volume = {104}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1277188 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1277188 N2 - A consideration of the morphological aspects of the earliest modern humans in Europe (more than {approx}33,000 B.P.) and the subsequent Gravettian human remains indicates that they possess an anatomical pattern congruent with the autapomorphic (derived) morphology of the earliest (Middle Paleolithic) African modern humans. However, they exhibit a variable suite of features that are either distinctive Neandertal traits and/or plesiomorphic (ancestral) aspects that had been lost among the African Middle Paleolithic modern humans. These features include aspects of neurocranial shape, basicranial external morphology, mandibular ramal and symphyseal form, dental morphology and size, and anteroposterior dental proportions, as well as aspects of the clavicles, scapulae, metacarpals, and appendicular proportions. The ubiquitous and variable presence of these morphological features in the European earlier modern human samples can only be parsimoniously explained as a product of modest levels of assimilation of Neandertals into early modern human populations as the latter dispersed across Europe. This interpretation is in agreement with current analyses of recent and past human molecular data. 10.1073/pnas.0702214104 IS - 18 JF - PNAS EP - 7372 TI - European early modern humans and the fate of the Neandertals VL - 104 SP - 7367 KW - archaeology KW - genetics KW - homo KW - neanderthal AU - Trinkaus, Erik PY - 2007/05/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0702214104 ER -