KMS Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Hominin teeth from the Middle Pleistocene site of Yiyuan, Eastern China | |
Xing, Song1; Sun, Chengkai2,3; Martinon-Torres, Maria4,5; Bermudez de Castro, Jose Maria4,6; Han, Fei7; Zhang, Yingqi1; Liu, Wu1 | |
2016-06-01 | |
发表期刊 | JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION |
卷号 | 95页码:33-54 |
文章类型 | Article |
摘要 | In 1981-1982, some hominin fossils, including a relatively complete skull and seven isolated teeth, were recovered from the Middle Pleistocene site of Yiyuan in Eastern China. In the present study we provide a detailed metric and morphological comparison of the Yiyuan dental sample in order to characterize better the variability of the human populations that inhabited China during the Middle Pleistocene. Aside from taxonomic and phylogenetic questions, the lack of understanding and/or knowledge about the morphological variability of these populations have caused concern about the human versus non-human nature of some of the hominin dental remains found in East Asia during the Early and the Middle Pleistocene. Thus, our study aims to present a detailed description and comparison of the Yiyuan isolated teeth to 1) discuss and support their human nature and 2) to explore their taxonomic affinities with regard to other penecontemporaneous populations from Asia. Our results clearly differentiate the Yiyuan sample from Pongo specimens and support a human attribution for the Yiyuan material. Our analyses also suggest that the Yiyuan teeth form a morphologically coherent group together with samples from Zhoukoudian, Chaoxian and Hexian. They are different from the more derived specimens from Panxian Dadong, suggesting a pattern of biogeographic isolation and different evolutionary trends between northern and southern China during the Middle Pleistocene. In addition, and despite sharing a common morphological bauplan with Homo erectus sensu stricto (s.s.), the Yiyuan, Zhoukoudian and Hexian teeth are also different from the Indonesian Early Pleistocene samples. In particular, the expression of a highly crenulated or dendritic enamel-dentine surface could be unique to these groups. Our study supports the notion that the taxonomy of the Pleistocene hominins from Asia may have been oversimplified. Future studies should explore the variability of the Asian specimens and reconsider whether all the samples can be attributed to H. erectus s.s. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
关键词 | Homo Erectus Dental Materials Morphology Micro-ct |
WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
DOI | 10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.03.004 |
关键词[WOS] | ENAMEL-DENTIN JUNCTION ; GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC-ANALYSIS ; JAVANESE HOMO-ERECTUS ; DECIDUOUS MOLARS ; SOUTHERN CHINA ; MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION ; INTERPROXIMAL GROOVES ; 1974-1977 COLLECTIONS ; HADAR FORMATION ; SANGIRAN DOME |
收录类别 | SCI ; SSCI |
语种 | 英语 |
项目资助者 | Chinese Academy of Sciences(GJHZ201314 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41302016 ; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS)(133112) ; Direccion General de Investigacion of the Spanish Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia(CGL2012-38434-C03-02) ; Direccion General de Investigacion of the Spanish Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia (Accion Integrada Espana Francia)(HF2007-0115) ; Consejeria de Education de Junta de Castilla y Leon(CEN074A12-2) ; Leakey Foundation ; KZZD-EW-03 ; 41272034) ; XDA05130100) |
WOS研究方向 | Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology |
WOS类目 | Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000378451100003 |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/7016 |
专题 | 中科院古脊椎所(2000年以后) |
作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Shandong Museum, Jinan 250014, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Paleontol, State Key Lab Paleobiol & Stratig, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 4.UCL Anthropol, 14 Taviton St, London WC1H 0BW, England 5.Univ Burgos, Dept Ciencias Hist & Geog, Hosp Rey S-N, Burgos 09001, Spain 6.Ctr Nacl Invest Evoluc Humana CENIEH, Paseo Sierra da Atapuerca S-N, Burgos 09002, Spain 7.China Earthquake Adm, Inst Geol, State Key Lab Earthquake Dynam, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Xing, Song,Sun, Chengkai,Martinon-Torres, Maria,et al. Hominin teeth from the Middle Pleistocene site of Yiyuan, Eastern China[J]. JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION,2016,95:33-54. |
APA | Xing, Song.,Sun, Chengkai.,Martinon-Torres, Maria.,Bermudez de Castro, Jose Maria.,Han, Fei.,...&Liu, Wu.(2016).Hominin teeth from the Middle Pleistocene site of Yiyuan, Eastern China.JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION,95,33-54. |
MLA | Xing, Song,et al."Hominin teeth from the Middle Pleistocene site of Yiyuan, Eastern China".JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION 95(2016):33-54. |
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