The Early Aurignacian human remains from La Quina-Aval (France)

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• 作者：Christine Verna^a ; ^b ; ^{christine_verna@eva.mpg.de} ; ^{christine.verna@evolhum.cnrs.fr} ; Vé ; ronique Dujardin^c ; ^{v.dujardin@cr-poitou-charentes.fr} ; Erik Trinkaus^d ; ^{trinkaus@wustl.edu}
• 关键词：Mandible ; Dentition ; Upper Paleolithic ; Europe ; Modern human
• 刊名：Journal of Human Evolution
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：95_00472484
• 类别：ear
• 出版时间：May, 2012
• 卷：62
• 期：5
• 页码：605-617
• 文件大小：919 K

摘要

There is a dearth of diagnostic human remains securely associated with the Early Aurignacian of western Europe, despite the presence of similarly aged early modern human remains from further east. One small and fragmentary sample of such remains consists of the two partial immature mandibles plus teeth from the Early Aurignacian of La Quina-Aval, Charente, France. The La Quina-Aval 4 mandible exhibits a prominent anterior symphyseal tuber symphyseos on a vertical symphysis and a narrow anterior dental arcade, both features of early modern humans. The dental remains from La Quina-Aval 1 to 4 (a dm₁, 2 dm₂, a P⁴ and a P₄) are unexceptional in size and present occlusal configurations that combine early modern human features with a few retained ancestral ones. Securely dated to 鈭?3聽ka聽¹⁴C聽BP (鈭?8聽ka聽cal聽BP), these remains serve to confirm the association of early modern humans with the Early Aurignacian in western Europe.