TY - JOUR
T1 - Dental remains from the Grotte du Renne at Arcy-sur-Cure (Yonne)
AU - Bailey, Shara E.
AU - Hublin, Jean Jacques
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank A. Leroi-Gourhan, Professor H. de Lumley, and D. Grimaud-Hervé for access to the Arcy-sur-Cure fossils. We also thank S. Antón and the three anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments and suggestions, which significantly improved the manuscript. SEB is also grateful to all the people who provided access to, and assistance with, the fossils and contemporary specimens examined during her Ph.D. research: I. Tattersall, K. Mowbray, and G. Sawyer at the American Museum of Natural History, New York; P. Ungar at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; C. Stringer and R. Kruzinski at the Natural History Museum, London; Y. Rak of the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv; G. Manzi at the University of Rome; G. Giacabini of the University of Turin; F. Mallegni of the University of Pisa; G. Koufos of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; H. de Lumley at the Institute of Human Paleontology, Paris; Y. Coppens of the College of France, Paris; P. Tassy at the National Museum of Natural History, Paris; J. Leopold of the Museum of National Antiquities, St. Germainen- Laye; M. Tavaso and F. Marchal at the Laboratory of Historical Geology, Marseille; J-J. Cleyet-Merle and A. Morala at the National Museum of Prehistory, Les Eyzies; V. Merlin- Anglade and G. Marchesseau at the Museum of Perigord; E. Ladier at the Museum of Natural History, Montauban; R. Ziegler at the National Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart; S. Dusek at the Museum of Prehistory, Weimar; H-E. Joachim at the State Museum of the Rhine, Bonn; W. Menghin at the Museum of Prehistory, Berlin; the late N. Farsan of the University of Heidelberg; M.Teschler-Nicola, at the Natural History Museum, Vienna; R. Orban and P. Semal of the Royal Institute of Natural Sciences of Belgium, Brussells; J. Radovčić at the Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb; M. Paunovič of the Institute for Quaternary Geology and Paleontology, Zagreb; J. Svoboda, of the Institute of Archaeology - Paleolithic and Paleoethnology Research Center, Dolní Ve˘stonice; and M. Dockalova at the Moravian Museum, Brno. Much of the data presented in this study were collected while SEB was a Ph.D. student at Arizona State University and was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation (BCS-0002481), LSB Leakey foundation, and the Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO).
PY - 2006/5
Y1 - 2006/5
N2 - Human remains associated with the earliest Upper Paleolithic industries are sparse. What is preserved is often fragmentary, making it difficult to accurately assign them to a particular species. For some time it has been generally accepted that Neandertals were responsible for the Châtelperronian and anatomically modern humans for the early Aurignacian industries. However, the recent re-dating of several of the more-complete modern human fossils associated with the early Aurignacian (e.g., Vogelherd) has led some to question the identity of the makers and the context of these early Upper Paleolithic industries. The Grotte du Renne at Arcy-sur-Cure, France has yielded many hominin remains, from Mousterian, Châtelperronian, Aurignacian, and Gravettian layers. Previously, a child's temporal bone from the Châtelperronian Layer Xb was recognized as belonging to a Neandertal; however, most of the teeth from Châtelperronian layers VIII-X remain unpublished. We describe the dental remains from the Châtelperronian layers, place them in a comparative (Mousterian Neandertal and Upper Paleolithic modern human) context, and evaluate their taxonomic status. The teeth (n = 29) represent a minimum of six individuals aged from birth to adult. The permanent dental sample (n = 15) from the Châtelperronian layers of Arcy-sur-Cure exhibits traits (e.g., lower molar mid-trigonid crest) that occur more frequently in Neandertals than in Upper Paleolithic modern humans. Furthermore, several teeth show trait combinations, including Cusp 6/mid-trigonid crest/anterior fovea in the lower second molar, that are rare or absent in Upper Paleolithic modern humans. The deciduous teeth (n = 14) significantly increase the sample of known deciduous hominin teeth and are more similar to Mousterian Neandertals from Europe and Asia than to Upper Paleolithic modern humans. Thus, the preponderance of dental evidence from the Grotte du Renne strongly supports that Neandertals were responsible for the Châtelperronian industry at Arcy-sur-Cure.
AB - Human remains associated with the earliest Upper Paleolithic industries are sparse. What is preserved is often fragmentary, making it difficult to accurately assign them to a particular species. For some time it has been generally accepted that Neandertals were responsible for the Châtelperronian and anatomically modern humans for the early Aurignacian industries. However, the recent re-dating of several of the more-complete modern human fossils associated with the early Aurignacian (e.g., Vogelherd) has led some to question the identity of the makers and the context of these early Upper Paleolithic industries. The Grotte du Renne at Arcy-sur-Cure, France has yielded many hominin remains, from Mousterian, Châtelperronian, Aurignacian, and Gravettian layers. Previously, a child's temporal bone from the Châtelperronian Layer Xb was recognized as belonging to a Neandertal; however, most of the teeth from Châtelperronian layers VIII-X remain unpublished. We describe the dental remains from the Châtelperronian layers, place them in a comparative (Mousterian Neandertal and Upper Paleolithic modern human) context, and evaluate their taxonomic status. The teeth (n = 29) represent a minimum of six individuals aged from birth to adult. The permanent dental sample (n = 15) from the Châtelperronian layers of Arcy-sur-Cure exhibits traits (e.g., lower molar mid-trigonid crest) that occur more frequently in Neandertals than in Upper Paleolithic modern humans. Furthermore, several teeth show trait combinations, including Cusp 6/mid-trigonid crest/anterior fovea in the lower second molar, that are rare or absent in Upper Paleolithic modern humans. The deciduous teeth (n = 14) significantly increase the sample of known deciduous hominin teeth and are more similar to Mousterian Neandertals from Europe and Asia than to Upper Paleolithic modern humans. Thus, the preponderance of dental evidence from the Grotte du Renne strongly supports that Neandertals were responsible for the Châtelperronian industry at Arcy-sur-Cure.
KW - Châtelperronian
KW - Dental metrics
KW - Dental morphology
KW - Neandertal
KW - Teeth
KW - Upper Paleolithic
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.11.008
DO - 10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.11.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 16487991
AN - SCOPUS:33646179662
SN - 0047-2484
VL - 50
SP - 485
EP - 508
JO - Journal of Human Evolution
JF - Journal of Human Evolution
IS - 5
ER -