The morphology of the Late Pleistocene hominin remains from the site of La Cotte de St Brelade, Jersey
- Compton, T.
- Skinner, Matthew M.
- Humphrey, L.
- Pope, M.
- Bates, M.
- Davies, Thomas W.
- Plummer, W.P.
- Scott, B.
- Shaw, A.
- Stringer, Chris
DOIAbstract
Thirteen permanent fully-erupted teeth were excavated at the Paleolithic site of La Cotte de St Brelade in Jersey in 1910 and 1911. These were all found in the same location, on a ledge behind a hearth in a Mousterian occupation level. They were originally identified as being Neanderthal. A fragment of occipital bone was found in a later season. Recent dating of adjacent sediments gives a probable age of <48 ka. The purpose of this paper is to provide an updated description of the morphology of this material, and consider its likely taxonomic assignment from comparison with Neanderthal and Homo sapiens samples. One of the original teeth has been lost and we identify one as non-hominin. At least two adult individuals are represented. Cervix ...
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