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Published on: September 3, 2009
New Middle Pleistocene human remains from northern Italy
F Mallegni1, F Bertoldi, E Carnieri
1Università degli Studi di Pisa, Dipartimento di Scienze Archeologiche, via S. Maria 53 56100 Pisa, Italy. mallegni@arch.unipi.it
Abstract:
The description of several teeth and a fragment of mandible found in the Visogliano rock-shelter (Northern Italy) is presented in this paper. The teeth have been analysed from a morphological and metrical point of view and compared with other specimens of Homo erectus, archaic Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis. The MD and BL diameters and the peculiar dental features are archaic and support the antiquity of the specimens. Microwear analysis of Visogliano teeth show various dietary strategies adopted by the individuals of the same site.
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