Variability of the Upper Palaeolithic skulls from Predmostí
near Prerov (Czech Republic): craniometric comparison with
recent human standards

J 2008

Variability of the Upper Palaeolithic skulls from Predmostí near Prerov (Czech Republic): craniometric comparison with recent human standards

VELEMÍNSKÁ, J., J. BRUZEK, P. VELEMÍNSKÝ, L. BIGONI, A. ŠEFČÁKOVÁ et. al.

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Original name

Variability of the Upper Palaeolithic skulls from Predmostí near Prerov (Czech Republic): craniometric comparison with recent human standards

Authors

VELEMÍNSKÁ, J. (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), J. BRUZEK (203 Czech Republic), P. VELEMÍNSKÝ (203 Czech Republic), L. BIGONI (203 Czech Republic), A. ŠEFČÁKOVÁ (703 Slovakia) and Stanislav KATINA (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution)

Edition

HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology, Elsevier, 2008, 0018-442X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10103 Statistics and probability

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.629

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/08:00061101

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2007.12.003

UT WoS

000253769500001

Keywords in English

Craniometric comparison; Predmosti

Abstract

V originále

One of the largest skeletal series of the Upper Palaeolithic period from Predmosti was destroyed during the Second World War, but the study of this material continues up to the present. The discovery of Matiegkas original photographic documentation on glass plates [Veleminska et al., 2004. The use of recently re-discovered glass plate photo-documentation of those human fossil finds from Predmosti u Prerova destroyed during World War II. J. Nat. Mus. Nat. Hist. Ser. 173, 129-132] gives an opportunity to perform a new and detailed craniometric analysis of five adult skulls in their lateral projection. The craniometric data were analysed using specialised Craniometrics software, and the analysis included morphological and dimensional comparisons with current Central European norms. The aim of the study was not only to monitor the skull shape as a whole, but predominantly, to evaluate the size and shape of various parts of the splanchnocranium. The Upper Palaeolithic skulls are significantly longer, and male skulls are also higher than the current norms. The crania of anatomically modern humans are characterised by two general structural features: mid-lower facial retraction and neurocranial globularity. The height of the face of the Palaeolithic skulls corresponds to that of the current Central European population. The face has a markedly longer mandibular body (3-4 SD), while female mandibular rami are shorter. The skulls are further characterised by a smaller gonial angle, the increased steepness of the mandibular ramus, and the greater angle of the chin. These changes in the size and shape associated with anterior rotation of the face produce a strong protrusion of both jaws, but the sagittal inter-maxillary relationships remain unchanged. The observed facial morphology is similar to the Czech Upper Palaeolithic skulls from Dolni Vestonice. This study confirms the main diachronic changes between skulls of Upper Palaeolithic and present-day human populations.

Links

CZ.1.07/2.2.00/15.0203, interní kód MU

Name: Univerzitní výuka matematiky v měnícím se světě (Acronym: Univerzitní výuka matematiky)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, 2.2 Higher education

Citovat

VELEMÍNSKÁ, J., J. BRUZEK, P. VELEMÍNSKÝ, L. BIGONI, A. ŠEFČÁKOVÁ and Stanislav KATINA. Variability of the Upper Palaeolithic skulls from Predmostí near Prerov (Czech Republic): craniometric comparison with recent human standards. HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology. Elsevier, 2008, vol. 59, No 1, p. 1-26. ISSN 0018-442X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2007.12.003.

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VELEMÍNSKÁ, J., J. BRUZEK, P. VELEMÍNSKÝ, L. BIGONI, A. ŠEFČÁKOVÁ and Stanislav KATINA. Variability of the Upper Palaeolithic skulls from Predmostí near Prerov (Czech Republic): craniometric comparison with recent human standards. \textit{HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology}. Elsevier, 2008, vol.~59, No~1, p.~1-26. ISSN~0018-442X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2007.12.003.

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