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| The hominin teeth from the late Middle Pleistocene Hualongdong site, China | |
Wu, Xiujie1; Martinon-Torres, Maria2; Xing, Song1; Pei, Shuwen1; Cai, Yanjun3; Tong, Haowen1 ; de Castro, Maria Bermudez2; Liu, Wu1
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| 2025-09-01 | |
| 发表期刊 | JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION
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| ISSN | 0047-2484 |
| 卷号 | 206期号:0页码:20 |
| 摘要 | Between 2014 and 2015, abundant human fossils dated to about 300 ka were found in the Hualongdong (HLD) site, Anhui province, South China. The HLD human sample consists of a nearly complete skull with 14 teeth in situ, one partial maxilla with one premolar in situ, six isolated teeth, three femoral diaphyseal sections, and a few cranial pieces. Former studies found that the HLD hominins show a mosaic of primitive and derived characteristics with regard to the Homo clade. While the cranium, limbs, and mandible display predominantly primitive features shared with early Homo specimens, the facial bones display closer affinities to modern humans. To assess the phylogenetic affinities of the HLD taxa and other Asian hominin record as well as African and European Pleistocene specimens, we present a comparative morphometric analysis of the 21 HLD teeth. Our dental study reveals a mosaic of primitive and derived dental features for the HLD hominins regarding the Homo clade. The results show that most of the HLD dental features resemble those of Late Pleistocene hominins expect for the robust roots of premolars and molars that approach Middle Pleistocene morphologies. A few features like the reduced M 3 link the HLD 6 mandible with East Asian Pleistocene hominins and recent modern humans. The HLD also lacks typical Neanderthal traits. This population presents a remarkable number of derived dental features not present in most Middle Pleistocene hominin fossil assemblages in East Asia with perhaps the exception of Panxian Dadong or Jinniushan. The findings from HLD teeth provide further support to the diversity in late Middle Pleistocene hominin evolution. Several scenarios can potentially explain this variability and would need further exploration. Hualongdong-particular morphology could be the result of genetic drift or gene flow with a more archaic form, such as Homo erectus. Alternatively, the HLD sample could belong to a hominin population closely related to the Homo sapiens clade and be distinct from H. erectus, Neanderthals, and Denisovans. (c) 2025 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. |
| 关键词 | Late Middle Pleistocene Hominin teeth Morphological diversity East Asia Hualongdong |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jhevol.2025.103727 |
| 关键词[WOS] | DENTAL REMAINS ; HOMO-ANTECESSOR ; HUMAN TOOTH ; ROOT ; MORPHOLOGY ; BURGOS ; ORIGIN ; SPAIN |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 资助项目 | MCIN/AEI/FEDER, UE[PID2021-122355NB-C33]###3249 ; National Science Foundation of China[42372011]###3248 ; National Key R &D Program of China[2023YFF0905700]###3247 ; National Science Foundation of China[42472006]###3070 ; National Science Foundation of China[42372001]###3069 ; Leakey Foundation###334 |
| WOS研究方向 | Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology |
| WOS类目 | Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:001539825400001 |
| 出版者 | ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/24445 |
| 专题 | 中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所 |
| 通讯作者 | Martinon-Torres, Maria; Liu, Wu |
| 作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Natl Res Ctr Human Evolut CENIEH, Paseo Sierra Atapuerca S-N, Burgos 09002, Spain 3.Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, Inst Global Environm Change, Xian 710049, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wu, Xiujie,Martinon-Torres, Maria,Xing, Song,et al. The hominin teeth from the late Middle Pleistocene Hualongdong site, China[J]. JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION,2025,206(0):20. |
| APA | Wu, Xiujie.,Martinon-Torres, Maria.,Xing, Song.,Pei, Shuwen.,Cai, Yanjun.,...&Liu, Wu.(2025).The hominin teeth from the late Middle Pleistocene Hualongdong site, China.JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION,206(0),20. |
| MLA | Wu, Xiujie,et al."The hominin teeth from the late Middle Pleistocene Hualongdong site, China".JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION 206.0(2025):20. |
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