Turbón D, Pérez-Pérez A, Stringer C B
Departament Biologia Animal, Facultat Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
J Hum Evol. 1997 May;32(5):449-68. doi: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0119.
Multivariate analysis of intra- and inter-group variability in Middle and Upper Pleistocene human remains, based on facial traits, show close affinities between Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic samples, which are clearly distinct from Lower Palaeolithic and Neanderthal samples. The between-group differences observed were significant, although no sexual differentiation was considered. This allowed the classification of the fossil remains by discriminant analysis. A modern metrical pattern can be recognized for the Upper Palaeolithic sample, falling within the variability of anatomically modern humans. The samples from Skhul and Qafzeh, although exhibiting some plesiomorphous traits, also show modern-like metrical traits. The analysis strongly support a monophyletic origin for modern humans.
基于面部特征对中更新世和晚更新世人类遗骸的组内和组间变异性进行多变量分析，结果表明旧石器时代晚期和中石器时代样本之间存在密切的亲缘关系，这与旧石器时代早期样本和尼安德特人样本明显不同。尽管未考虑性别差异，但观察到的组间差异具有显著性。这使得通过判别分析对化石遗骸进行分类成为可能。旧石器时代晚期样本呈现出一种现代的测量模式，处于解剖学上现代人类的变异性范围内。来自斯虎尔和卡夫泽的样本虽然表现出一些原始形态特征，但也显示出类似现代的测量特征。该分析有力地支持了现代人类的单系起源。
