Anterior sphenoid in modern humans

Fred Spoor (), Paul O'Higgins, Christopher Dean and Daniel E. Lieberman
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Fred Spoor: University College London
Paul O'Higgins: University College London
Christopher Dean: University College London
Daniel E. Lieberman: George Washington University

Nature, 1999, vol. 397, issue 6720, 572-572

Abstract: Abstract Lieberman has proposed1 that reduced midfacial projection (MFP), in which most of the face lies beneath the neurocranium, is a major unique, derived character of anatomically modern Homo sapiens, and that this reduction is largely a consequence of reduced anterior sphenoid length (ASL). Lieberman's conclusions were based on comparisons of a small sample of archaic Homocrania with those of Holocene and Pleistocene anatomically modern H. sapiens. We have made new measurements of ASL and MFP, and find that ASL was incorrectly estimated in those archaic fossil crania in which these landmarks are unambiguously preserved. It turns out that the anterior sphenoid in modern humans is no shorter than in archaic Homo.

Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1038/17505

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