Size variation in Middle Pleistocene humans

Science. 1997 Aug 22;277(5329):1086-8. doi: 10.1126/science.277.5329.1086.

Abstract

It has been suggested that European Middle Pleistocene humans, Neandertals, and prehistoric modern humans had a greater sexual dimorphism than modern humans. Analysis of body size variation and cranial capacity variation in the large sample from the Sima de los Huesos site in Spain showed instead that the sexual dimorphism is comparable in Middle Pleistocene and modern populations.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Body Constitution*
  • Female
  • Fossils*
  • Hominidae / anatomy & histology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Sex Characteristics*
  • Skull / anatomy & histology*
  • Spain