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Title
Descriptions of the upper limb skeleton of 'Homo floresiensis'
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008:
Author(s)
Publication Date
2009
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008
Abstract
Several bones of the upper extremity were recovered during excavations of Late Pleistocene deposits at Liang Bua, Flores, and these have been attributed to 'Homo floresiensis'. At present, these upper limb remains have been assigned to six different individuals - LB1, LB2, LB3, LB4, LB5, and LB6. Several of these bones are complete or nearly so, but some are quite fragmentary. All skeletal remains recovered from Liang Bua were extremely fragile, but have now been stabilized and hardened in the laboratory in Jakarta. They are now curated in museum-quality containers at the National Research and Development Centre for Archaeology in Jakarta, Indonesia. These skeletal remains are described and illustrated photographically. The upper limb presents a unique mosaic of derived (human-like) and primitive morphologies, the combination of which is never found in either healthy or pathological modern humans.
Publication Type
Journal Article
Source of Publication
Journal of Human Evolution, 57(5), p. 555-570
Publisher
Academic Press
Place of Publication
United Kingdom
ISSN
1095-8606
0047-2484
Peer Reviewed
Yes
HERDC Category Description
Peer Reviewed
Yes
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