Human burials at the Kisese II rockshelter, Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The Late Pleistocene and early Holocene in eastern Africa are associated with complex evolutionary and demographic processes that contributed to the population variability observed in the region today. However, there are relatively few human skeletal remains from this time period. Here we describe six individuals from the Kisese II rockshelter in Tanzania that were excavated in 1956, present a radiocarbon date for one of the individuals, and compare craniodental morphological diversity among eastern African populations.

Materials and methods

This study used standard biometric analyses to assess the age, sex, and stature of the Kisese II individuals. Eastern African craniodental morphological variation was assessed using measures of dental size and a subset of Howe

SUBMITTER: Laird MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8248353 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature