北マケドニアの後期ミオセンのヒト類の最初の記録

Predrag Radović¹, Matthew M Skinner², Sanja Alaburić³

¹Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Čika Ljubina 18-20, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Human Origins, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; National Museum Kraljevo, Trg Svetog Save 2, 36000 Kraljevo, Serbia.

Journal of human evolution

|August 26, 2025

まとめ

北マケドニアの最初の後期ミオセンのヒト類化石は,ベレス近くで発見された. この発見は,関連ファウナと共に,バルカン半島におけるヒト類の存在に関する新しい証拠を提供します.

科学分野:

古生物学
霊長類の進化
ネオゲン哺乳類古生物学

背景:

北マケドニアのヴェレスのミオセン期の哺乳類は科学的に重要な存在である.
化石が豊富にあるこの地域では以前はヒト類の遺骸が記録されていなかった
ヴェレス地域は百年以上前に遡る豊富な化石埋蔵物で知られています

研究の目的:

北マケドニアのミオセンのヒト類化石の最初の発見を報告する
発見されたヒトの歯茎の形状を分析する
関連哺乳類の動物群とその古生物学的な影響について見直す.

主な方法:

孤立した上部モラー化石の発掘と発見
ホミニドの歯茎の形状分析. 冠,歯茎,歯の角,根など.
関連哺乳類のファウナと古生物学的な文脈に基づいて化石の年代付け (中部トゥロリアン,MN12).
バルカン地域のヒト類化石との比較分析

主要な成果:

北マケドニアのヴェレス近郊で,初代ミオセンのヒト類化石 (上歯) が発見された.
歯茎の特徴はヒト族の属性を示しています
この化石はミドル・トゥロリアン (MN12) に遡り,バルカン半島で初めて発見されたものです.
ヴェレスの化石ファウナは,類人猿 (Graecopithecini indet) の共存を示している. そして猿 (メソピテコス)

結論:

ヴェレスの歯茎は北マケドニアの最も古いヒト類の記録です
この発見は,バルカン半島のトゥロリアンにグレコピテキニ類の生存の証拠を強化します.
ヴェレスの化石遺跡はユーラシア・ミオセンの類人猿と類人猿の共存について希少な洞察を与えてくれます
この発見は,ミオセンの末期における霊長類の進化と動物動態の理解に寄与する.

キーワード:

バルカングレイコピテシニホミナードミオセーン歯茎についてトロリアンヴェレス

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