Anatomically modern human in the Chatelperronian hominin collection from the Grotte du Renne (Arcy-sur-Cure, Northeast France).

ABSTRACT: Around 42,000 years ago, anatomically modern humans appeared in Western Europe to the detriment of indigenous Neanderthal groups. It is during this period that new techno-cultural complexes appear, such as the Châtelperronian that extends from northern Spain to the Paris Basin. The Grotte du Renne (Arcy-sur-Cure) is a key site for discussing the biological identity of its makers. This deposit has yielded several Neanderthal human remains in its Châtelperronian levels. However, the last inventory of the paleoanthropological collection attributed to this techno-complex allowed the identification of an ilium belonging to a neonate (AR-63) whose morphology required a thorough analysis to assess its taxonomic attribution. Using geometric morphometrics, we quantified its morphology and compared

SUBMITTER: Gicqueau A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10403518 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature