Neanderthal teeth from Lezetxiki (Arrasate, Iberian Peninsula): New insights and reassessment
dc.contributor.author | López Onaindia, Diego | |
dc.contributor.author | Lozano, Marina | |
dc.contributor.author | Gómez Robles, Aida | |
dc.contributor.author | Arrizabalaga Valbuena, Alvaro ![]() | |
dc.contributor.author | Subirà, M. Eulàlia | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-28T14:47:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-03-28T14:47:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-04 | |
dc.identifier.citation | American Journal of Biological Anthropology 180(4) : 745-760 (2023) | es_ES |
dc.identifier.issn | 2692-7691 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/60526 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives We reassess the taxonomic assignment and stratigraphic context of a permanent upper first molar and a permanent lower third premolar recovered from the archeological site of Lezetxiki in the North of the Iberian Peninsula. Materials and Methods We assessed the external and internal morphology of the teeth using qualitative descriptions, crown diameters, dental tissue proportions, and geometric morphometrics. The teeth from Lezetxiki were compared with Middle Pleistocene specimens, Neanderthals, Upper Paleolithic modern humans, and recent modern humans. Results Both teeth were consistent with a Neanderthal classification. The upper first molar shows taurodontism, and its cusp proportions and overall morphology match those of Neanderthals. Geometric morphometric analyses of occlusal anatomy classify this molar as a Neanderthal with a posterior probability of 76%. The lower third premolar, which was originally classified as a lower fourth premolar, also shows a Neanderthal morphology. This premolar is classified as a Neanderthal with a posterior probability of 60%. Discussion These teeth represent the only adult Neanderthal teeth from the Western Pyrenees region found to date. The teeth were found at a stratigraphic level (designated Level III) that marks the transition level from Mousterian to Aurignacian, and are among the most recent Neanderthal remains from the north of the Iberian Peninsula. | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was funded by the Dirección General de Investigación of M.E.C, project number CGL2012-38434-C03-03 and MICINN PID202-1-122355N-B-C32; 2017 SGR 1630 Grup de recerca en Antropologia Biològica (GREAB), 2017 SGR 1040 Social, cultural and biological Evolution during the Pleistocene (StEP), and 2021 SGR 01239 of the Generalitat de Catalunya; and 2019 PFR-URV-91 and 22017 Research Groups. This study also received support from the French government in the framework of the University of Bordeaux‘s IdEx “Investments for the Future” program/GPR Human Past, and the scientific environmental support of the teams EVODIBIO and EURAPAL from PACEA-UMR5199. DLO was supported by the Basque Governments postdoctoral Fellowship (POS_2019_1_0024) and MSC Actions Individual Fellowship (Project No. 895713). | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | Wiley | es_ES |
dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/CGL2012-38434-C03-03 | es_ES |
dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/895713 | es_ES |
dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN/PID2021-122355N-B-C32 | es_ES |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es_ES |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/es/ | * |
dc.subject | dental tissue proportions | es_ES |
dc.subject | geometric morphometrics | es_ES |
dc.subject | microtomography | es_ES |
dc.subject | Paleolithic | es_ES |
dc.subject | stratigraphy | es_ES |
dc.title | Neanderthal teeth from Lezetxiki (Arrasate, Iberian Peninsula): New insights and reassessment | es_ES |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
dc.rights.holder | © 2023 The Authors. American Journal of Biological Anthropology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. | es_ES |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajpa.24694 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/ajpa.24694 | |
dc.contributor.funder | European Commission | |
dc.departamentoes | Geografía, prehistoria y arqueología | es_ES |
dc.departamentoeu | Geografia,historiaurrea eta arkeologia | es_ES |
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