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Science 12 January 2007: Vol. 315. no. 5809, pp. 226 -
229 DOI: 10.1126/science.1136294
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Late Pleistocene Human Skull from Hofmeyr, South Africa, and
Modern = Human Origins=20
F. E. Grine,1* R. M. Bailey,2 K. Harvati,3 R. P. Nathan,4 A.
G. Morris,5 =
G. M. Henderson,6 I. Ribot,7 A. W. G. Pike8=20 The lack of
Late Pleistocene human fossils from sub-Saharan Africa has
= limited paleontological testing of competing models of
recent human = evolution. We have dated a skull from
Hofmeyr, South Africa, to 36.2 =B1 =
3.3 thousand years ago through a combination of optically
stimulated = luminescence and uranium-series dating
methods. The skull is = morphologically modern overall but
displays some archaic features. Its = strongest
morphometric affinities are with Upper Paleolithic (UP) =
Eurasians rather than recent, geographically proximate
people. The = Hofmeyr cranium is consistent with the
hypothesis that UP Eurasians = descended from a population
that emigrated from sub-Saharan Africa in = the Late
Pleistocene.=20
1 Departments of Anthropology and Anatomical Sciences, Stony
Brook = University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-4364, USA. 2 School
of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, South
= Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK. 3 Max Planck Institute for
Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, = 04103 Leipzig,
Germany. 4 Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History
of Art, University = of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1
3QY, UK. 5 Department of Human Biology, University of Cape
Town, Observatory = 7925, Cape Town, South Africa. 6
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South
Parks Road, = Oxford, OX1 3PR, UK. 7 D=E9partement
d'Anthropologie, Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al, CP 6128, =
Succursale Centre-Ville, Montr=E9al, Qu=E9bec H3C 3J7, Canada.
8 Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of
Bristol, 43 = Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1UU, UK.=20
Source: Science http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstrac-
t/315/5809/226?etoc
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<H2>Late Pleistocene Human Skull from Hofmeyr, South Africa,
and Modern = Human=20 Origins </H2> <DIV
id=3DLegacyContent><STRONG></NOBR><NOBR>F. E.=20
Grine,<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>*</SUP></NOBR> <NOBR>R. M. =
Bailey,<SUP>2</SUP></NOBR>=20 <NOBR>K.
Harvati,<SUP>3</SUP></NOBR> <NOBR>R. P. =
Nathan,<SUP>4</SUP></NOBR>=20 <NOBR>A. G.
Morris,<SUP>5</SUP></NOBR> <NOBR>G. M. =
Henderson,<SUP>6</SUP></NOBR>=20 <NOBR>I.
Ribot,<SUP>7</SUP></NOBR> <NOBR>A. W. G. =
Pike<SUP>8</SUP></NOBR>=20 </STRONG>
<I>The lack of Late Pleistocene human fossils from
sub-Saharan<SUP> = </SUP>Africa=20 has limited
paleontological testing of competing models<SUP> </SUP>of
= recent=20 human evolution. We have dated a skull from
Hofmeyr,<SUP> </SUP>South = Africa, to=20
36.2 =B1 3.3 thousand years ago through<SUP> </SUP>a
combination of = optically=20 stimulated luminescence and
uranium-series<SUP> </SUP>dating methods. = The skull=20
is morphologically modern overall<SUP> </SUP>but displays
some archaic = features.=20 Its strongest
morphometric<SUP> </SUP>affinities are with Upper =
Paleolithic (UP)=20 Eurasians rather<SUP> </SUP>than
recent, geographically proximate = people. The=20 Hofmeyr
cranium<SUP> </SUP>is consistent with the hypothesis that
UP = Eurasians=20 descended<SUP> </SUP>from a population
that emigrated from sub-Saharan = Africa=20 in<SUP>
</SUP>the Late Pleistocene.<SUP> </SUP>
<P><FONT size=3D-1><SUP>1</SUP> Departments of Anthropology
and = Anatomical=20 Sciences, Stony Brook University,
Stony Brook, NY 11794=964364,=20 USA.<BR><SUP>2</SUP>
School of Geography and the Environment, University =
of=20 Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY,
UK.<BR><SUP>3</SUP> Max = Planck=20 Institute for
Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 =
Leipzig,=20 Germany.<BR><SUP>4</SUP> Research Laboratory
for Archaeology and the = History of=20 Art, University
of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY,=20
UK.<BR><SUP>5</SUP> Department of Human Biology,
University of Cape = Town,=20 Observatory 7925, Cape
Town, South Africa.<BR><SUP>6</SUP> Department of =
Earth=20 Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks
Road, Oxford, OX1 3PR,=20 UK.<BR><SUP>7</SUP>
D=E9partement d'Anthropologie, Universit=E9 de =
Montr=E9al, CP=20 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville,
Montr=E9al, Qu=E9bec H3C 3J7, =
Canada.<BR><SUP>8</SUP>=20 Department of Archaeology and
Anthropology, University of Bristol, 43 = Woodland=20
Road, Bristol, BS8 1UU, UK. </FONT></P>
<Q><FONT size=3D2>Source: Science<BR><A=20 href=3D"http-
://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/315/5809/-
226?etoc"=
>http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/315/5809/226?-
>etoc</A></FO=
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Science 12 January 2007: Vol. 315. no. 5809, pp. 226 -
229 DOI: 10.1126/science.1136294
=20
Late Pleistocene Human Skull from Hofmeyr, South Africa, and
Modern = Human Origins=20
F. E. Grine,1* R. M. Bailey,2 K. Harvati,3 R. P. Nathan,4 A.
G. Morris,5 =
G. M. Henderson,6 I. Ribot,7 A. W. G. Pike8=20 The lack of
Late Pleistocene human fossils from sub-Saharan Africa has
= limited paleontological testing of competing models of
recent human = evolution. We have dated a skull from
Hofmeyr, South Africa, to 36.2 =B1 =
3.3 thousand years ago through a combination of optically
stimulated = luminescence and uranium-series dating
methods. The skull is = morphologically modern overall but
displays some archaic features. Its = strongest
morphometric affinities are with Upper Paleolithic (UP) =
Eurasians rather than recent, geographically proximate
people. The = Hofmeyr cranium is consistent with the
hypothesis that UP Eurasians = descended from a population
that emigrated from sub-Saharan Africa in = the Late
Pleistocene.=20
1 Departments of Anthropology and Anatomical Sciences, Stony
Brook = University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-4364, USA. 2 School
of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, South
= Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK. 3 Max Planck Institute for
Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, = 04103 Leipzig,
Germany. 4 Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History
of Art, University = of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1
3QY, UK. 5 Department of Human Biology, University of Cape
Town, Observatory = 7925, Cape Town, South Africa. 6
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South
Parks Road, = Oxford, OX1 3PR, UK. 7 D=E9partement
d'Anthropologie, Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al, CP 6128, =
Succursale Centre-Ville, Montr=E9al, Qu=E9bec H3C 3J7, Canada.
8 Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of
Bristol, 43 = Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1UU, UK.=20
Source: Science http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstrac-
t/315/5809/226?etoc
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id=3Darticle-info><EM>Science</EM> 12 January
2007:<BR>Vol. =
315. no.=20 5809, pp. 226 - 229<BR>DOI:
10.1126/science.1136294</P></TD> <TD align=3Dright> <DIV
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<H2>Late Pleistocene Human Skull from Hofmeyr, South Africa,
and Modern = Human=20 Origins </H2> <DIV
id=3DLegacyContent><STRONG></NOBR><NOBR>F. E.=20
Grine,<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>*</SUP></NOBR> <NOBR>R. M. =
Bailey,<SUP>2</SUP></NOBR>=20 <NOBR>K.
Harvati,<SUP>3</SUP></NOBR> <NOBR>R. P. =
Nathan,<SUP>4</SUP></NOBR>=20 <NOBR>A. G.
Morris,<SUP>5</SUP></NOBR> <NOBR>G. M. =
Henderson,<SUP>6</SUP></NOBR>=20 <NOBR>I.
Ribot,<SUP>7</SUP></NOBR> <NOBR>A. W. G. =
Pike<SUP>8</SUP></NOBR>=20 </STRONG>
<I>The lack of Late Pleistocene human fossils from
sub-Saharan<SUP> = </SUP>Africa=20 has limited
paleontological testing of competing models<SUP> </SUP>of
= recent=20 human evolution. We have dated a skull from
Hofmeyr,<SUP> </SUP>South = Africa, to=20
36.2 =B1 3.3 thousand years ago through<SUP> </SUP>a
combination of = optically=20 stimulated luminescence and
uranium-series<SUP> </SUP>dating methods. = The skull=20
is morphologically modern overall<SUP> </SUP>but displays
some archaic = features.=20 Its strongest
morphometric<SUP> </SUP>affinities are with Upper =
Paleolithic (UP)=20 Eurasians rather<SUP> </SUP>than
recent, geographically proximate = people. The=20 Hofmeyr
cranium<SUP> </SUP>is consistent with the hypothesis that
UP = Eurasians=20 descended<SUP> </SUP>from a population
that emigrated from sub-Saharan = Africa=20 in<SUP>
</SUP>the Late Pleistocene.<SUP> </SUP>
<P><FONT size=3D-1><SUP>1</SUP> Departments of Anthropology
and = Anatomical=20 Sciences, Stony Brook University,
Stony Brook, NY 11794=964364,=20 USA.<BR><SUP>2</SUP>
School of Geography and the Environment, University =
of=20 Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY,
UK.<BR><SUP>3</SUP> Max = Planck=20 Institute for
Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 =
Leipzig,=20 Germany.<BR><SUP>4</SUP> Research Laboratory
for Archaeology and the = History of=20 Art, University
of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY,=20
UK.<BR><SUP>5</SUP> Department of Human Biology,
University of Cape = Town,=20 Observatory 7925, Cape
Town, South Africa.<BR><SUP>6</SUP> Department of =
Earth=20 Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks
Road, Oxford, OX1 3PR,=20 UK.<BR><SUP>7</SUP>
D=E9partement d'Anthropologie, Universit=E9 de =
Montr=E9al, CP=20 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville,
Montr=E9al, Qu=E9bec H3C 3J7, =
Canada.<BR><SUP>8</SUP>=20 Department of Archaeology and
Anthropology, University of Bristol, 43 = Woodland=20
Road, Bristol, BS8 1UU, UK. </FONT></P>
<Q><FONT size=3D2>Source: Science<BR><A=20 href=3D"http-
://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/315/5809/-
226?etoc"=
>http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/315/5809/226?-
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