A Middle Pleistocene <em>Homo</em> from Nesher Ramla, Israel

doi:10.1126/science.abh3169

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DOI	10.1126/science.abh3169
	*A Middle Pleistocene Homo* from Nesher Ramla, Israel**
	Israel Hershkovitz; Hila May; Rachel Sarig; Ariel Pokhojaev; Dominique Grimaud-Hervé; Emiliano Bruner; Cinzia Fornai; Rolf Quam; Juan Luis Arsuaga; Viktoria A. Krenn; Maria Martinón-Torres; José María Bermúdez de Castro; Laura Martín-Francés; Viviane Slon; Lou Albessard-Ball; Amélie Vialet; Tim Schüler; Giorgio Manzi; Antonio Profico; Fabio Di Vincenzo; Gerhard W. Weber; Yossi Zaidner
	2021-06-25
发表期刊	Science
出版年	2021
英文摘要	Our understanding of the origin, distribution, and evolution of early humans and their close relatives has been greatly refined by recent new information. Adding to this trend, Hershkovitz et al. have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown archaic Homo population, the “Nesher Ramla Homo ” (see the Perspective by Mirazon Lahr). The authors present comprehensive qualitative and quantitative analyses of fossilized remains from a site in Israel dated to 140,000 to 120,000 years ago indicating the presence of a previously unrecognized group of hominins representing the last surviving populations of Middle Pleistocene Homo in Europe, southwest Asia, and Africa. In a companion paper, Zaidner et al. present the radiometric ages, stone tool assemblages, faunal assemblages, and other behavioral and environmental data associated with these fossils. This evidence shows that these hominins had fully mastered technology that until only recently was linked to either Homo sapiens or Neanderthals. Nesher Ramla Homo was an efficient hunter of large and small game, used wood for fuel, cooked or roasted meat, and maintained fires. These findings provide archaeological support for cultural interactions between different human lineages during the Middle Paleolithic, suggesting that admixture between Middle Pleistocene Homo and H. sapiens had already occurred by this time. Science , abh3169 and abh3020, this issue p. [1424][1] and p. [1429][2]; see also abj3077, p. [1395][3] It has long been believed that Neanderthals originated and flourished on the European continent. However, recent morphological and genetic studies have suggested that they may have received a genetic contribution from a yet unknown non-European group. Here we report on the recent discovery of archaic Homo fossils from the site of Nesher Ramla, Israel, which we dated to 140,000 to 120,000 years ago. Comprehensive qualitative and quantitative analyses of the parietal bones, mandible, and lower second molar revealed that this Homo group presents a distinctive combination of Neanderthal and archaic features. We suggest that these specimens represent the late survivors of a Levantine Middle Pleistocene paleodeme that was most likely involved in the evolution of the Middle Pleistocene Homo in Europe and East Asia. [1]: /lookup/doi/10.1126/science.abh3169 [2]: /lookup/doi/10.1126/science.abh3020 [3]: /lookup/doi/10.1126/science.abj3077
领域	气候变化 ; 资源环境
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专题	气候变化资源环境科学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Israel Hershkovitz,Hila May,Rachel Sarig,et al. A Middle Pleistocene Homo from Nesher Ramla, Israel[J]. Science,2021.
APA	Israel Hershkovitz.,Hila May.,Rachel Sarig.,Ariel Pokhojaev.,Dominique Grimaud-Hervé.,...&Yossi Zaidner.(2021).A Middle Pleistocene Homo from Nesher Ramla, Israel.Science.
MLA	Israel Hershkovitz,et al."A Middle Pleistocene Homo from Nesher Ramla, Israel".Science (2021).