欧洲最早的人类：西班牙阿塔普尔卡TD6格兰多利纳的年代。

Earliest humans in Europe: the age of TD6 Gran Dolina, Atapuerca, Spain.

作者信息

Falguères C, Bahain J J, Yokoyama Y, Arsuaga J L, Bermudez de Castro J M, Carbonell E, Bischoff J L, Dolo J M

机构信息

Laboratoire de Préhistoire du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, UMR 6569 du CNRS, Institut de Paléontologie Humaine, 1, Rue R. Panhard, Paris, 75013, France.

出版信息

J Hum Evol. 1999 Sep-Oct;37(3-4):343-52. doi: 10.1006/jhev.1999.0326.

DOI:10.1006/jhev.1999.0326

PMID:10496991

Abstract

Hominid remains found in 1994 from the stratified Gran Dolina karst-filling at the Atapuerca site in NE Spain were dated to somewhat greater than 780 ka based on palaeomagnetic measurements, making these the oldest known hominids in Europe (sensu stricto). We report new ESR and U-series results on teeth from four levels of the Gran Dolina deposit which confirm the palaeomagnetic evidence, and indicate that TD6 (from which the human remains have been recovered) dates to the end of the Early Pleistocene. The results for the other levels are consistent with estimates based mainly on microfaunal evidence, and suggest that TD8, TD10 and TD11 date to the Middle Pleistocene.

摘要

1994年在西班牙东北部阿塔普埃尔卡遗址的分层格兰多利纳岩溶填充物中发现的原始人类遗骸，根据古地磁测量，其年代略早于78万年，这使其成为欧洲已知最古老的原始人类（严格意义上）。我们报告了格兰多利纳沉积物四个层位牙齿的新电子自旋共振（ESR）和铀系测年结果，这些结果证实了古地磁证据，并表明TD6（从中发现了人类遗骸）可追溯到早更新世末期。其他层位的结果与主要基于微体动物群证据的估计一致，表明TD8、TD10和TD11可追溯到中更新世。