期刊
JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION
卷 64, 期 6, 页码 608-630出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.02.008
关键词
Vertebrae; Homo neanderthalensis; Late Pleistocene
资金
- Ministerio de Educacion (Programa Nacional de Movilidad de Recursos Humanos del Plan Nacional de I+D+I)
- European Community Research Infrastructure Action (SYNTHESYS Project)
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [CGL2009-12703-C03-03]
- Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad [CGL2012-38434-C03-01]
This paper provides a metric analysis of the Neandertal cervical spine in relation to modern human variation. All seven cervical vertebrae have been analysed. Metric data from eight Neandertal individuals are compared with a large sample of modern humans. The significance of morphometric differences is tested using both z-scores and two-tailed Wilcoxon signed rank tests. The results identify significant metric and morphological differences between Neandertals and modern humans in all seven cervical vertebrae. Neandertal vertebrae are mediolaterally wider and dorsoventrally longer than modern humans, due in part to longer and more horizontally oriented spinous processes. This suggests that Neandertal cervical morphology was more stable in both mid-sagittal and coronal planes. It is hypothesized that the differences in cranial size and shape in the Neandertal and modern human lineages from their Middle Pleistocene ancestors could account for some of the differences in the neck anatomy between these species. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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