1997-2001el estatus del "Homo antecessor"
- Arsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis
- Bermúdez de Castro, José María
ISSN: 0514-7336
Year of publication: 2000
Issue: 53-54
Pages: 5-14
Type: Article
More publications in: Zephyrus: Revista de prehistoria y arqueología
Abstract
In 1997 we named a new Homo species, H. antecessor (Bermúdez de Castro et alii, 1997), to accommodate the variability observed in the human fossil remains coming from the TD6 level (Aurora Stratum) of the Gran Dolina site in the Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain). The new findings made since then in other European sites (e. g. Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia), as well as the re-examination of some fossil specimens have strengthened the credit of the species. The H. antecessor hypodigm has increased with the inclusion of the adult calvaría discovered in 1994 near Ceprano (Italy). Moteover, H. antecessor is still the best candidate for representing the last common ancestor to Neanderthals and modem humans.