Dissertation Research: Human Upper Body Evolution in the Eurasian Later Pleistocene

论文研究：欧亚晚期更新世人类上半身的进化

• 批准号: 9122068
• 金额: $ 0.87万
• 依托单位: University of New Mexico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-02-01 至 1993-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9122068&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Human; Upper; Body

The primary objective of this Dissertation Improvement proposal is to investigate the proportions and size of the upper body in Neandertals, early modern humans and modern human groups. The question of the relationship of Neandertals to early modern humans and of both to modern humans is very much open to discussion. This research will investigate aspects of those relationships as seen in the body size, robusticity and shape in the skeletal remains from each group. Using statistics the PIs hope to elucidate constellations of features in the morphology of the upper body that set each of these groups off from the others. The study will contribute to the understanding of the place of Neandertals in human evolution and the nature of their adaptations.

本论文改进建议的主要目标是 来研究上半身的比例和大小， 尼安德特人、早期现代人和现代人类群体。 的 尼安德特人与早期现代人的关系问题 以及两者对现代人类的影响都是值得讨论的。 这 研究将调查这些关系的各个方面， 尸体的大小，健壮程度和形状 每组 利用统计数据，PI希望阐明 上半身形态特征的星座， 将这些群体与其他群体区分开来。 这项研究将 有助于理解尼安德特人在 人类进化及其适应性的本质。