The fossil teeth of the Peking Man

doi:10.1038/s41598-018-20432-y

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	The fossil teeth of the Peking Man
	Xing, Song 1; Martinon-Torres, Maria 2,3; Bermudez de Castro, Jose Maria 2,3
	2018-02-01
发表期刊	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
ISSN	2045-2322
卷号	8
文章类型	Article
摘要	This study provides new original data, including the endostructure of most Zhoukoudian H. erectus teeth preserved to date, since the publication of Black in 1927 and Weidenreich in 1937. The new evidence ratifies the similarities of Zhoukoudian with other East Asian mid-Middle Pleistocene hominins such as Hexian and Yiyuan, and allows defining a dental pattern potentially characteristic of this population commonly referred to as classic H. erectus. Given the possible chronological overlaps of classic H. erectus with other archaic Homo, the characterization of this group becomes a key issue when deciphering the taxonomy and evolutionary scenario of the Middle Pleistocene hominins in East Asia. Internally, the most remarkable feature of Zhoukoudian teeth is the highly crenulated enamel-dentine junction (EDJ) and its imprint on the roof of the pulp cavity. So far, this "dendrite-like" EDJ has been found only in East Asia Middle Pleistocene hominins although a large group of samples were assessed, and it could be useful to dentally define classic H. erectus in China. The crenulated EDJ surface, together with the stout roots and the taurodontism could be a mechanism to withstand high biomechanical demand despite a general dentognathic reduction, particularly of the crowns, in these populations.
WOS标题词	Science & Technology
DOI	10.1038/s41598-018-20432-y
关键词[WOS]	JAVANESE HOMO-ERECTUS ; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE SITE ; ENAMEL-DENTIN JUNCTION ; HOMININ TEETH ; AUSTRALOPITHECUS-AFRICANUS ; PARANTHROPUS-ROBUSTUS ; SEXUAL-DIMORPHISM ; REMAINS ; CHINA ; HEIDELBERGENSIS
收录类别	SCI ; SSCI
语种	英语
项目资助者	Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDPB05 ; National Natural Science Foundation of China(41630102 ; Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad of Spain MINECO/FEDER(CGL2015-65387-C3-3-P) ; Accion Integrada Espana Francia(HF2007-0115) ; British Academy (International Partnership and Mobility Scheme)(PM160019) ; Leakey Foundation ; 132311KYSB20160004) ; 41672020)
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000423787500041
出版者	NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
引用统计
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/8742
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Xing, Song
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Natl Res Ctr Human Evolut CENIEH, Paseo Sierra Atapuerca 3, Burgos 09002, Spain 3.UCL, Anthropol, 14 Taviton St, London WC1H 0BW, England
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xing, Song,Martinon-Torres, Maria,Bermudez de Castro, Jose Maria. The fossil teeth of the Peking Man[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2018,8.
APA	Xing, Song,Martinon-Torres, Maria,&Bermudez de Castro, Jose Maria.(2018).The fossil teeth of the Peking Man.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,8.
MLA	Xing, Song,et al."The fossil teeth of the Peking Man".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 8(2018).