New Middle Pleistocene hominid crania from Yunxian in China
New Middle Pleistocene hominid crania from Yunxian in China
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DOI：
10.1038/357404a0
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发表时间：
1992-06
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影响因子：
64.8
通讯作者：
Tianyuan Li;D. Etler
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作者：
Tianyuan Li;D. Etler
在湖北郧县汉水中更新世阶地沉积物中发现两具人类头盖骨化石。这些受损但相对完整的成人标本显示出直立人和古人类的混合特征。sapiens '。郧县颅骨（图3和图4）虽然受到不同程度的挤压和扭曲，但基颅、腭、面部和颅穹窿的主要部分保存在一起，这是不寻常的。这些标本揭示了面部和颅底解剖的许多细节，这些细节在相当古老的原始人类头骨中很少见。此外，它们是亚洲大陆上发现的最完整的如此古老的头盖骨。因此，他们对中更新世人科动物的多样性和不同区域的中更新世人科动物之间的关系提出了新的见解。
TWO fossil human crania have been found in Middle Pleistocene terrace deposits of the Han River in Yun county (Yunxian), Hubei province, China (Figs 1 and 2)1. These damaged but relatively complete adult specimens show a mixture of features associated both withHomo erectusand with 'archaicH. sapiens'. The Yunxian crania (Figs 3 and 4), although crushed and distorted to varying degrees, are unusual in having major elements of the basicranium, palate, face and cranial vault preserved together. The specimens reveal many details of facial and basicranial anatomy rarely seen in hominid crania of comparable antiquity. Moreover, they are the most complete crania of such great age discovered on the Asian mainland. They consequently throw new light on Middle Pleistocene hominid diversity and the relationships among regionally disparate Middle Pleistocene hominids.