Anthropology: The earliest toothless hominin skull

@article{Lordkipanidze2005AnthropologyTE,
  title={Anthropology: The earliest toothless hominin skull},
  author={D. Lordkipanidze and A. Vekua and R. Ferring and G. P. Rightmire and J. Agust{\'i} and G. Kiladze and A. Mouskhelishvili and M. Nioradze and M. P. D. Le{\'o}n and M. Tappen and C. Zollikofer},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2005},
  volume={434},
  pages={717-718}
}
The site of Dmanisi in the Eurasian republic of Georgia has yielded striking hominin, faunal and archaeological material as evidence for the presence of early Homo outside Africa 1.77 million years ago, documenting an important episode in human evolution. Here we describe a beautifully preserved skull and jawbone from a Dmanisi hominin of this period who had lost all but one tooth several years before death. This specimen not only represents the earliest case of severe masticatory impairment in… Expand
View on Springer
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
159 Citations
Highly Influential Citations
20
Background Citations
47
Results Citations
2

159 Citations

Citation Type

Citation Type

HOMO ERECTUS / ERGASTER AND OUT OF AFRICA : RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PALEOANTHROPOLOGY AND PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY
The present paper reviews one of the most interesting research issues of Paleoanthroplogy, the early human migration from their original homeland Africa to Eurasia. We discuss various evidences of… Expand
Paleomedicine and the Evolutionary Context of Medicinal Plant Use
  • K. Hardy
  • Biology, Medicine
  • Revista brasileira de farmacognosia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Farmacognosia
  • 2020
Graphical Abstract
Living to fight another day: The ecological and evolutionary significance of Neanderthal healthcare
Abstract Evidence of care for the ill and injured amongst Neanderthals, inferred through skeletal evidence for survival from severe illness and injury, is widely accepted. However, healthcare… Expand
Selection to outsmart the germs: The evolution of disease recognition and social cognition.
TLDR
Over the course of human evolution, repeated introductions of novel diseases into naïve populations could have produced sustained selection for increased disease recognition and care-giving behavior, leading to the evolution of increased cognition, social complexity, and, eventually, medical care in humans. Expand
The Odyssey of Dental Anxiety: From Prehistory to the Present. A Narrative Review
TLDR
Iatrosedation and hypnosis are no less relevant than drugs and should be considered as primary tools for the management of DA: they allow to help patients cope with the dental procedure and also overcome their anxiety: achieving the latter may enable them to face future dental care autonomously, whereas pharmacological sedation can only afford a transient respite. Expand
Compassion between humans since when? What the fossils tell us
This paper explores the concept of compassion in an evolutionary framework, and presents pathological cases identified in fossil records. The paleopathological examples presented illustrate how the… Expand
Early–Middle Pleistocene transitions: Linking terrestrial and marine realms
Abstract Marked by a progressive increase in the amplitude of climate oscillations, an evolving waveform, and a shift towards a quasi-100 ky frequency, the Early–Middle Pleistocene transition (EMPT),… Expand
Flavouring food: the contribution of chimpanzee behaviour to the understanding of Neanderthal calculus composition and plant use in Neanderthal diets
TLDR
Observations of wild chimpanzees in Uganda, at Sonso in the Budongo Forest Reserve and at Kanyawara and Sebitoli in Kibale National Park, as well as ethnological and palaeontological evidence, lead us to propose three other explanations for the presence of compounds in yarrow and camomile. Expand
Evolution of division of labor: emergence of different activities among group members.
TLDR
It is shown that division of labor likely evolves when group size is large, skill learning is important for acquiring resources, and there is food sharing within a group. Expand
Disability, Compensatory Behavior, and Innovation in Free‐Ranging Adult Female Japanese Macaques (Macaca Fuscata)
TLDR
Disabled adult females were able to compensate behaviorally to perform social and life‐sustaining activities, modifying existing behaviors to suit their individual physical situations and, occasionally, inventing new ways of doing things. Expand
...
1
2
3
4
5
...

References

SHOWING 1-9 OF 9 REFERENCES
Cutmarked bones from Pliocene archaeological sites at Gona, Afar, Ethiopia: implications for the function of the world's oldest stone tools.
TLDR
Observations at Gona support the hypothesis that the earliest stone artifacts functioned primarily as butchery tools and imply that hunting and/or aggressive scavenging of large ungulate carcasses may have been part of the behavioral repertoire of hominids by c. Expand
Subsistence patterns of Early Pleistocene hominids in the Levant—taphonomic evidence from the 'Ubeidiya Formation (Israel)
Abstract This paper reports the results of a taphonomic analysis of 17 faunal assemblages from archaeological horizons of the Early Pleistocene 'Ubeidiya Formation (Israel), focussing in particular… Expand
A New Skull of Early Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia
TLDR
The Dmanisi specimens are the most primitive and small-brained fossils to be grouped with this species or any taxon linked unequivocally with genusHomo and also the ones most similar to the presumedhabilis-like stem. Expand
Meat eating and human evolution
Comparative morphology and paleobiology of Middle Pleistocene human remains from the Bau de l'Aubesier, Vaucluse, France
TLDR
The pathological loss of the mandibular dentition of Aubesier 11 indicates advanced antemortem masticatory impairment, at a level previously undocumented before the Late Pleistocene, which supports a view of later Middle Pleistsocene humans able to support debilitated individuals despite the considerable use of their bodies to accomplish routine activities. Expand
Earliest Pleistocene hominid cranial remains from Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia: taxonomy, geological setting, and age.
TLDR
Paleontological, archaeological, geochronological, and paleomagnetic data from Dmanisi all indicate an earliest Pleistocene age of about 1.7 million years ago, supporting correlation of the new specimens with the Koobi Fora fossils. Expand
Colyer's Variations and diseases of the teeth of animals
TLDR
This chapter discusses variations in Number, Sixe and Shape, as well as other Disorders of Teeth and Jaws, and some of the causes of tooth destruction from causes other than caries. Expand
The dentition of the "old man" of La Chapelle-aux-Saints and inferences concerning Neandertal behavior.
  • N. Tappen
  • Biology, Medicine
  • American journal of physical anthropology
  • 1985
TLDR
Close examination of the recovered teeth and the condition of the alveoli indicates that the "old man" of La Chapelle-aux-Saints had upper and lower incisor, canine and premolar teeth on the left side intact and probably in occlusion, and that the same was true of these teeth in the right maxilla. Expand
Reduction of residual ridges: a major oral disease entity.
  • D. Atwood
  • Medicine
  • The Journal of prosthetic dentistry
  • 1971
Abstract 1.Reduction of residual ridges (RRR) needs to be recognized for what it is: a major unsolved oral disease which causes physical, psychologic, and economic problems for millions of people all… Expand