Friday, 3 March 2017

New finds from China suggest human evolution probably of regional continuity

(Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters) In their recent study, paleontologists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) and their collaborators reported two early Late Pleistocene (~105,000- to 125,000-year-old) crania from Lingjing, Xuchang, China. They exhibit a morphological mosaic with differences from and similarities to their western contemporaries. This morphological combination reflects Pleistocene human evolutionary patterns in general biology, as well as both regional continuity and interregional population dynamics.

from EurekAlert! - Archaeology http://ift.tt/2m2WOWw

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