New dates for the Fontéchevade (Charente, France) Homo remains
详细信息 查看全文
- 作者：Philip G. Chase ; André ; Debé ; nath ; Harold L. Dibble ; Shannon P. McPherron ; Henry P. Schwarcz ; Jr. ; Thomas W. Stafford ; Jean-Franç ; ois Tournepiche
- 关键词：Fonté ; chevade ; Pre-sapiens ; ESR dates ; Radiocarbon dates ; Modern Homo sapiens
- 刊名：Journal of Human Evolution
- 出版年：2007
- 出版时间：February 2007
- 年：2007
- 卷：52
- 期：2
- 页码：217-221
- 全文大小：277 K
文摘
Homo I from the site of Fontéchevade, France, has long been an anomaly in the European fossil record. The specimen is a fragment of human frontal bone that lacks a supraorbital torus and appears to belong to an anatomically modern Homo sapiens. However, the level from which it was recovered in 1947 was dated on the basis of associated faunal and lithic material to the last interglacial or earlier. As a result, Homo I has been interpreted, among other things, as a representative of a pre-sapiens lineage in Europe. This paper reports on recent ESR and radiocarbon dates that indicate that the specimen almost certainly dates to oxygen isotope stage 3, which brings it in line with other evidence for the entry of modern Homo sapiens into Europe.