Reappraisal of the Morphological Affinities of the Maba 1 Cranium: New Evidence From Internal Cranial Anatomy

doi:10.1002/ajpa.70064

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	Reappraisal of the Morphological Affinities of the Maba 1 Cranium: New Evidence From Internal Cranial Anatomy
	Hui, Jiaming 1,2,3; Wu, Xiujie 1; Balzeau, Antoine 2,4
	2025-05-01
发表期刊	AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
ISSN	2692-7691
卷号	187 期号:1 页码:13
通讯作者	Hui, Jiaming(huijiaming@ivpp.ac.cn) ; Wu, Xiujie(wuxiujie@ivpp.ac.cn)
摘要	ObjectivesMaba 1 is a critical fossil from the late Middle Pleistocene Asia. It is well-known for the Neanderthal-like face, while its neurocranium shows affinities with many hominin taxa, which makes the taxonomic status of Maba 1 controversial. Beyond the limited information from the external surface, we investigate in detail its internal structures, which are largely unexplored.Materials and MethodsWe reconstructed and described its frontal sinuses, diploic vessels, endocast, and bone thickness, using micro-CT data. Linear measurements were applied for the frontal sinuses and endocast, and the latter was also analyzed through geometric morphometrics. A comparison is made after considering the preservation of Maba 1 and the availability of comparative specimens.ResultsThe linear discriminant analyses for the frontal sinus cluster Maba 1 with Homo neanderthalensis. The Maba 1 diploic vessels anastomosed with the parietal foramen, a rare trait among H. neanderthalensis. The Maba 1 endocast differs from Homo erectus in the frontal lobe, but it was generally closer to H. erectus than to H. neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens. Generally, Maba 1 shares higher resemblances with other debated specimens, including LH18, Djebel Irhoud, and Broken Hill 1. The bregmatic thickness of Maba 1 differed from most H. erectus, while patterns in other areas share similarities with H. neanderthalensis and some H. erectus.DiscussionThe internal structures of Maba 1 show a combination of morphological features found in various species. These findings further evidence the high morphological variability among Asian hominins in the late Middle Pleistocene. Maba 1 currently cannot be definitely classified in any known hominin taxon.
关键词	China human evolution internal cranial anatomy micro-computed tomography Middle Pleistocene hominins
DOI	10.1002/ajpa.70064
关键词[WOS]	MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE HOMININ ; DISCRETE TRAITS ; HOMO ; HUMANS ; VAULT
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Key Research and Development program of China[2023YFF0804502] ; French National Research Agency[ANR-20-CE27-0009] ; China Scholarship Council ; [42372001] ; [42472006] ; Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)[ANR-20-CE27-0009]
项目资助者	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Key Research and Development program of China ; French National Research Agency ; China Scholarship Council ; Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS记录号	WOS:001498268600003
出版者	WILEY
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/24587
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Hui, Jiaming; Wu, Xiujie
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.MNHN CNRS UPVD, PaleoFED Team, Hist Nat Human Prehist, UMR 7194, Paris, France 3.Sorbonne Univ, Paris, France 4.Royal Museum Cent Africa, Dept African Zool, Tervuren, Belgium
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hui, Jiaming,Wu, Xiujie,Balzeau, Antoine. Reappraisal of the Morphological Affinities of the Maba 1 Cranium: New Evidence From Internal Cranial Anatomy[J]. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY,2025,187(1):13.
APA	Hui, Jiaming,Wu, Xiujie,&Balzeau, Antoine.(2025).Reappraisal of the Morphological Affinities of the Maba 1 Cranium: New Evidence From Internal Cranial Anatomy.AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY,187(1),13.
MLA	Hui, Jiaming,et al."Reappraisal of the Morphological Affinities of the Maba 1 Cranium: New Evidence From Internal Cranial Anatomy".AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 187.1(2025):13.