Provider: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic

TY  - JOUR
JO  - Anthropologie (Brno)
TI  - Toward Distinguishing Homo neanderthalensis from Homo sapiens, and Vice Versa
AU  - Schwartz JH
AU  - Tattersall I
Y1  - 1996
VL  - 34
IS  - 1-2
PB  - Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic
SN  - 0323-1119
SP  - 79
EP  - 88
KW  - Neanderthal
KW  - Homo sapiens
KW  - Squamosal
KW  - Alisphenoid
KW  - Infratemporal and temporal fossae
KW  - Petrosal
KW  - Vaginal
KW  - Styloid and mastoid processes
KW  - Stylomastoid foramen
N2  - 
N2  - Here, we 1) point out that one of the major features used to distinguish Neanderthals from modern humans (the prominence of the occipitomastoid crest) is not valid, 2) provide comparative data indicating that Homo sapiens (not Neanderthals) possesses the derived character states of the vaginal and styloid processes, 3) demonstrate that Neanderthals have a novel configuration of the anterior squamosal, while H. sapiens is autapomorphic in lacking distinction between infratemporal and temporal fossae, and 4) argue that synapomorphy between Neanderthals and H. sapiens exists in the presence in juveniles of a prominent, domed arcuate eminence. The nature of similarity and difference between mid-late Pleistocene and recent hominids still needs clarification.
ER  -