A human parietal fossil found at the Shuidonggou site, Ningxia, China

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	A human parietal fossil found at the Shuidonggou site, Ningxia, China
	Wu, XJ ; Liu, W; Wang, ZX ; Liu, W (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, POB 643, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China.
	2004-04-01
发表期刊	ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCE
ISSN	0918-7960
卷号	112 期号:1 页码:83-89
文章类型	Article
摘要	The morphological features of the first human parietal fossil found at the Shuidonggou site of Ningxia, China are described and compared with other specimens. Our results show that most of the features of the Shuidonggou parietal resemble those of modem humans. On the other hand, this specimen was found in situ adjacent to the erosional surface of the late Pleistocene stratum and exhibits a certain degree of fossilization. There are two features which are different from modem humans and similar to those of fossil hominids. One of the features is the strong ridges between the striae parietalis suggesting that the temporalis muscles were more developed than in modem humans. The second feature is the lack of a sigmoid sulcus at the mastoid angle of the Shuidonggou parietal which is similar to the situation seen in Homo erectus of Zhoukoudian. Given the similarities of many morphological features between late Pleistocene and modem humans, it is impossible to set the age or evolutionary status of the fossil accurately just from skeletal morphology of a fragmentary parietal. Nevertheless, taking the specimen's fossilization and the background information of the site into consideration, we believe that the parietal likely comes from the late Pleistocene human populations that lived in this area.; The morphological features of the first human parietal fossil found at the Shuidonggou site of Ningxia, China are described and compared with other specimens. Our results show that most of the features of the Shuidonggou parietal resemble those of modem humans. On the other hand, this specimen was found in situ adjacent to the erosional surface of the late Pleistocene stratum and exhibits a certain degree of fossilization. There are two features which are different from modem humans and similar to those of fossil hominids. One of the features is the strong ridges between the striae parietalis suggesting that the temporalis muscles were more developed than in modem humans. The second feature is the lack of a sigmoid sulcus at the mastoid angle of the Shuidonggou parietal which is similar to the situation seen in Homo erectus of Zhoukoudian. Given the similarities of many morphological features between late Pleistocene and modem humans, it is impossible to set the age or evolutionary status of the fossil accurately just from skeletal morphology of a fragmentary parietal. Nevertheless, taking the specimen's fossilization and the background information of the site into consideration, we believe that the parietal likely comes from the late Pleistocene human populations that lived in this area.
关键词	Shuidonggou Site Parietal Human Fossils
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine
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关键词[WOS]	MIDDLE-AWASH VALLEY ; ETHIOPIA
收录类别	SCI ; AHCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS记录号	WOS:000223635400009
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/3661
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）古人类及旧石器研究室
通讯作者	Liu, W (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, POB 643, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China.
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Sch, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Culture & Rel Off, Lingwu, Ningxia Hui, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wu, XJ,Liu, W,Wang, ZX,et al. A human parietal fossil found at the Shuidonggou site, Ningxia, China[J]. ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCE,2004,112(1):83-89.
APA	Wu, XJ,Liu, W,Wang, ZX,&Liu, W .(2004).A human parietal fossil found at the Shuidonggou site, Ningxia, China.ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCE,112(1),83-89.
MLA	Wu, XJ,et al."A human parietal fossil found at the Shuidonggou site, Ningxia, China".ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCE 112.1(2004):83-89.

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