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T1 Updated study of adult and subadult pectoral girdle bones from Sima de los Huesos site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain). Anatomical and age estimation keys
A1 García González, Rebeca
A1 Rodríguez, Laura
A1 Salazar‐Fernández, Azahara
A1 Arsuaga, Juan Luis
A1 Carretero Díaz, José Miguel
K1 Clavicle
K1 Scapula
K1 Sima de los Huesos
K1 Growth
K1 Age at death
K1 Anatomía humana
K1 Human anatomy
K1 Restos humanos (Arqueología)
K1 Human remains (Archaeology)
AB Here we present an updated inventory and study of pectoral girdle remains recovered from the Sima de los Huesos (SH) site. Here, we describe the key morphological traits of adults and, for the first time, subadult specimens. Because morphological traits can change with age, we also discuss some shortcomings related to age estimation in postcranial fossil specimens. Adult clavicles from the SH are long with a low robusticity index and marked curvatures in the superior view. Among these traits, only extreme clavicular length seems to characterize subadult individuals. Neandertals share all these traits. In the case of the scapula, the SH specimens share a relatively long and narrow glenoid fossa with Neandertals. This trait is also present in subadult individuals. Additionally, most specimens from SH, adults, and subadults showed a dorsal axillary sulcus on the scapular lateral border, a trait also present in most adult and subadult Neandertals. These traits in adult and subadult specimens supports substantial genetic control for many of them in both human species.
PB Wiley
SN 1932-8486
YR 2024
FD 2024-07
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/10116
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/10116
LA eng
NO The Atapuerca research project was financed by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación of Spain (grant number MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/FEDER) (UE grant number PID2021-122355NB-C31). The Junta de Castilla y León and the Fundación Atapuerca fund fieldwork at the Atapuerca sites.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 12-mar-2025