The Atapuerca human fossils |
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| Authors: | J L Arsuaga C Lorenzo I Martínez A Gracia J M Carretero N García López-Polín |
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| Institution: | (1) Departamento de Paleontología; Instituto de Geología Económica UCM-CSIC, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain;(2) Departamento de Ciencias Históricas y Geografía, Facultad de Humanidades y Educación, Universidad de Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain;(3) Departamento de Geología, Faciltad de Biología, Universidad de Alcalà de Henares, 28871 Alcalà de henares, Spain |
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| Abstract: | After 20 years of research, the Atapuerca sites have provided a large amount of archaeological and palaeontological remains.
Human fossils have been found in three sites: Gran Dolina, galería and Sima de los Huesos. The Early Pleistocene human fossils
from Gran Dolina have been ascribed to a new species,Homo antecessor, that represent the last common ancestor of Neandertals and modern humans. The Sima de los Huesos fossils and all the European
Middle Pleistocene human fossils are the ancestors exclusively of the Neandertals, which evolved in Europe in conditions of
geographic and genetic isolation. |
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| Keywords: | Atapuerca Sima de los Huesos Homo heidelbergensis Gran Dolina Homo antecessor |
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