Predmost 3

Predmost 3

Predmost 3 is an archaeological find from central Europe in the Czech republic, and is geologically dated as Late Pleistocene.

Description

The find is a skull found in Predmosti, Moravia, and dated to 26,000yB.P.[1] (25,000 years (ka)[2]) 30,000 B.P.,[3] ( 30,000-12,000 B.P.[4])[5] and has a cranial capacity of 1580 cubic centimetres (Holloway 2000;Holloway et al 2004)[6]

Fate

The skull was destroyed in the Second World War by Nazi Germany.[7][8]

Analysis

In a morphometric analysis including Predmost3 (with five differing hominid skull finds) of variables in cranium dimensions [cranio-facial traits] compared to Homo sapiens sapiens Predmost three was found to correlate to a 73% similarity.(Lubson,Corruccini)[9]

“ Upper Paleolithic skulls are at least as flat-faced as modern ones, except for Predmosti 3[10] ”

The skull belongs to a morphological Upper Palaeolithic group that is including Grotte des Enfants 4, Barma Grande 5 and Pavlov and Sunghir 1.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Clark Spencer Larsen, Robert M. Matter, Daniel Lee Gebo
    • Human origins: the fossil record
    • 225 pages
    • Waveland Press, 1998
    • ISBN 1577660021
    • [Retrieved 2012-01-02]
  2. ↑ Eric Delson, Ian Tattersall, John A. Van Couvering
    • Encyclopedia of human evolution and prehistory
    • 753 pages
    • Volume 1845 of Garland reference library of the humanities
    • Taylor & Francis, 2000 *ISBN 0815316968
    • Retrieved 2012-01-02
  3. ↑ © The Natural History Museum, London [Retrieved 2012-01-02]
  4. ↑ © The Natural History Museum, London Retrieved 2012-01-02
  5. ↑ modernhumanorigins.net - (Amazon.com)Retrieved 2012-01-02
  6. ↑ Matt Cartmill, Fred H. Smith
  7. ↑ Michigan State University Retrieved 2012-01-02
  8. ↑ Author:Jiří A. Svoboda
  9. ↑ Kyle D.Lubson ,Robert.Corruccini - Southern Illinois University
  10. ↑ W.W. HOWELLS
    • Société d'anthropologie de Paris, Centre de recherches anthropologiques
    • page 333 of Bulletins et mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris
    • Doin, 1982
    • Retrieved 2012-01-02
    • (originally from a holding of the University of California [+google.co.uk])
  11. ↑ A.Buzhilova. M.Kovlovskaya. M.Mednikova
    • Lab. of Physical Anthropology of RAS, Moscow
    • contacts :e-mail: albu_pa@mail.ru / mk_pa@mail.ru / medma_pa@mail.ru
    • The Sunghir Archaeological site
    • Retrieved 2012-01-02
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