A muscular imprint on the anterolateral surface of the proximal femurs of the Krapina Neandertal collection.
作者信息
Belcastro Maria Giovanna, Mariotti Valentina
机构信息
Laboratorio di Bioarcheologia e Osteologia Forense, Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 3, Bologna, 40126, Italy.
UMR 7268 ADES Anthropologie Bioculturelle, Droit, Ethique Et Santé CNRS/Université d'Aix-Marseille/EFS-Faculté De Médecine-Secteur Nord, CS80011, Marseille Cedex 15, Boulevard Pierre Dramard, 13344, France.
出版信息
Am J Phys Anthropol. 2017 Mar;162(3):583-588. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.23140. Epub 2017 Jan 19.
OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study is to report and interpret a feature on the anterolateral surface of the proximal femurs of the Krapina hominid collection that we briefly described in 2006 (Periodicum Biologorum, 108, 319-329).
MATERIALS AND METHODS
We recorded the presence or absence of the feature in all the proximal femurs of the Krapina collection (six specimens recordable) and in 622 modern human adult femurs.
RESULTS
The feature consists in a series of crests delimitating three raised or depressed areas. This feature has been found in three out of four adult Neandertal femurs observable. The two observable subadult Neandertal femurs do not show this character. None of the modern femurs displayed the feature.
CONCLUSION
We interpret this feature as a muscular imprint, probably representing the m. vastus intermedius origin and discuss a possible interpretation. We did not find any other references for such imprint in the existing literature regarding the Neandertal femurs.
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