Post by Charlie Bass on Nov 14, 2010 11:56:17 GMT -5
Article
Late archaic and modern Homo sapiens from Europe, Africa, and Southwest Asia: Craniometric comparisons and phylogenetic implications
Günter Bräuer and Klaus W. Rimbach
Institut für Humanbiologie, Universität Hamburg, Allende-Platz 2, 2000, Hamburg, F.R.G.
Received 3 May 1989; Revised 29 January 1990; accepted 8 February 1990. Available online 16 December 2004.
Abstract
The craniometric affinities among Neandertals. Upper Palcolithic Europeans, early anatomically modern Southwest Asians, and archaic and modern Africans are investigated using univariate and multivariate methods. For the first time, it is possible to analyse the North African finds Dar-es-Soltane 5, Nazlet Khater, and Wadi Kubbaniya. It was not possible to include the Neandertals from Central Europe due to their poor state of preservation. The results point to, first, a basic distinction between Neandertals on the one hand and modern humans from all geographic regions on the other, and, secondly, to great similarities between modern African and European populations. Late archaic sapiens specimens from Africa were more similar to Upper Paleolithic Europeans than were the Neandertals. The results do not support the hypothesis that a regional evolution giving rise to modern humans took place in Europe. The results are, however, consistent with the hypothesis that modern populations originated in Africa and spread to Europe from there.
I think this paper proves what we knew already, that the earliest Europeans were more similar to modern Africans. The full text is posted in my yahoo group.
Late archaic and modern Homo sapiens from Europe, Africa, and Southwest Asia: Craniometric comparisons and phylogenetic implications
Günter Bräuer and Klaus W. Rimbach
Institut für Humanbiologie, Universität Hamburg, Allende-Platz 2, 2000, Hamburg, F.R.G.
Received 3 May 1989; Revised 29 January 1990; accepted 8 February 1990. Available online 16 December 2004.
Abstract
The craniometric affinities among Neandertals. Upper Palcolithic Europeans, early anatomically modern Southwest Asians, and archaic and modern Africans are investigated using univariate and multivariate methods. For the first time, it is possible to analyse the North African finds Dar-es-Soltane 5, Nazlet Khater, and Wadi Kubbaniya. It was not possible to include the Neandertals from Central Europe due to their poor state of preservation. The results point to, first, a basic distinction between Neandertals on the one hand and modern humans from all geographic regions on the other, and, secondly, to great similarities between modern African and European populations. Late archaic sapiens specimens from Africa were more similar to Upper Paleolithic Europeans than were the Neandertals. The results do not support the hypothesis that a regional evolution giving rise to modern humans took place in Europe. The results are, however, consistent with the hypothesis that modern populations originated in Africa and spread to Europe from there.
I think this paper proves what we knew already, that the earliest Europeans were more similar to modern Africans. The full text is posted in my yahoo group.