Small-bodied humans from Palau, Micronesia.

<h4>Unlabelled</h4>Newly discovered fossil assemblages of small bodied Homo sapiens from Palau, Micronesia possess characters thought to be taxonomically primitive for the genus Homo.<h4>Background</h4>Recent surface collection and test excavation in limestone caves in the ro...

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Autores principales:	Lee R Berger, Steven E Churchill, Bonita De Klerk, Rhonda L Quinn
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e9d7793e31cf4be2bb730d75600e07142021-11-25T06:13:05ZSmall-bodied humans from Palau, Micronesia.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0001780https://doaj.org/article/e9d7793e31cf4be2bb730d75600e07142008-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18347737/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Unlabelled</h4>Newly discovered fossil assemblages of small bodied Homo sapiens from Palau, Micronesia possess characters thought to be taxonomically primitive for the genus Homo.<h4>Background</h4>Recent surface collection and test excavation in limestone caves in the rock islands of Palau, Micronesia, has produced a sizeable sample of human skeletal remains dating roughly between 940-2890 cal ybp.<h4>Principle findings</h4>Preliminary analysis indicates that this material is important for two reasons. First, individuals from the older time horizons are small in body size even relative to "pygmoid" populations from Southeast Asia and Indonesia, and thus may represent a marked case of human insular dwarfism. Second, while possessing a number of derived features that align them with Homo sapiens, the human remains from Palau also exhibit several skeletal traits that are considered to be primitive for the genus Homo.<h4>Significance</h4>These features may be previously unrecognized developmental correlates of small body size and, if so, they may have important implications for interpreting the taxonomic affinities of fossil specimens of Homo.Lee R BergerSteven E ChurchillBonita De KlerkRhonda L QuinnPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 3, Iss 3, p e1780 (2008)
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description	<h4>Unlabelled</h4>Newly discovered fossil assemblages of small bodied Homo sapiens from Palau, Micronesia possess characters thought to be taxonomically primitive for the genus Homo.<h4>Background</h4>Recent surface collection and test excavation in limestone caves in the rock islands of Palau, Micronesia, has produced a sizeable sample of human skeletal remains dating roughly between 940-2890 cal ybp.<h4>Principle findings</h4>Preliminary analysis indicates that this material is important for two reasons. First, individuals from the older time horizons are small in body size even relative to "pygmoid" populations from Southeast Asia and Indonesia, and thus may represent a marked case of human insular dwarfism. Second, while possessing a number of derived features that align them with Homo sapiens, the human remains from Palau also exhibit several skeletal traits that are considered to be primitive for the genus Homo.<h4>Significance</h4>These features may be previously unrecognized developmental correlates of small body size and, if so, they may have important implications for interpreting the taxonomic affinities of fossil specimens of Homo.
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title	Small-bodied humans from Palau, Micronesia.
title_short	Small-bodied humans from Palau, Micronesia.
title_full	Small-bodied humans from Palau, Micronesia.
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Small-bodied humans from Palau, Micronesia.

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