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SCIENCE
卷 342, 期 6156, 页码 326-331出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1238484
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- Rustaveli Georgian National Science Foundation
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- U.S. National Science Foundation
- National Geographic Society
- L.S.B. Leakey Foundation
- American Philosophical Society
- American School for Prehistoric Research
- Rolex Award for Enterprise
- BP Georgia
- Fundacion Duques de Soria
- A.H. Schultz Foundation
- Foundation for Scientific Research (University of Zurich)
The site of Dmanisi, Georgia, has yielded an impressive sample of hominid cranial and postcranial remains, documenting the presence of Homo outside Africa around 1.8 million years ago. Here we report on a new cranium from Dmanisi (D4500) that, together with its mandible (D2600), represents the world's first completely preserved adult hominid skull from the early Pleistocene. D4500/D2600 combines a small braincase (546 cubic centimeters) with a large prognathic face and exhibits close morphological affinities with the earliest known Homo fossils from Africa. The Dmanisi sample, which now comprises five crania, provides direct evidence for wide morphological variation within and among early Homo paleodemes. This implies the existence of a single evolving lineage of early Homo, with phylogeographic continuity across continents.
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