• DOI:10.1126/SCIENCE.276.5317.1392
Corpus ID: 31088294

A hominid from the lower Pleistocene of Atapuerca, Spain: possible ancestor to Neandertals and modern humans.

@article{Castro1997AHF,
  title={A hominid from the lower Pleistocene of Atapuerca, Spain: possible ancestor to Neandertals and modern humans.},
  author={J. M. Berm{\'u}dez de Castro and J. L. Arsuaga and E. Carbonell and A. Rosas and I. Mart{\'i}nez and M. Mosquera},
  journal={Science},
  year={1997},
  volume={276 5317},
  pages={
          1392-5
        }
}

J. M. Bermúdez de Castro, J. L. Arsuaga, +3 authors M. Mosquera

Published 1997

Biology, Medicine

Science

Human fossil remains recovered from the TD6 level (Aurora stratum) of the lower Pleistocene cave site of Gran Dolina, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain, exhibit a unique combination of cranial, mandibular, and dental traits and are suggested as a new species of Homo-H. antecessor sp. nov. The fully modern midfacial morphology of the fossils antedates other evidence of this feature by about 650, 000 years. The midfacial and subnasal morphology of modern humans may be a retention of a juvenile pattern… CONTINUE READING

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