Journal
EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY
Volume 26, Issue 4, Pages 157-171Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/evan.21540
Keywords
human evolution; Pleistocene; Europe; Homo antecessor
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- MINECO (FEDER, UE) [CGL2015-65387-C3-1, CGL2015-65387-C3-2, CGL2015-65387-C3-3-P]
- Consejeria de Cultura y Turismo of the Junta de Castilla y Leon
- Fundacion Atapuerca
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It has been twenty years since diagnosis and publication of the species Homo antecessor.(1) Since then, new human fossils recovered from the TD6 level of the Gran Dolina site (Sierra de Atapuerca, northern Spain) have helped to refine its taxonomic and phylogenetic position. In this paper, we present a synthesis of the most characteristic features of this species, as well as our interpretation derived from the latest investigations. We focus on the phylogenetic interpretation of Homo antecessor, taking into account the most recent paleogenetic analyses and a reassessment of the European Middle Pleistocene hominin record. We try to show that, twenty years after its publication, H. antecessor provides a good opportunity to address the morphology of the last common ancestor of Neandertals and modern humans.
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