Direct dating of Early Upper Palaeolithic human remains from Mladeč

Eva M. Wild (), Maria Teschler-Nicola (), Walter Kutschera, Peter Steier, Erik Trinkaus and Wolfgang Wanek
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Eva M. Wild: Institut für Isotopenforschung und Kernphysik der Universität Wien
Maria Teschler-Nicola: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Walter Kutschera: Institut für Isotopenforschung und Kernphysik der Universität Wien
Peter Steier: Institut für Isotopenforschung und Kernphysik der Universität Wien
Erik Trinkaus: Washington University
Wolfgang Wanek: Universität Wien

Nature, 2005, vol. 435, issue 7040, 332-335

Abstract: Czech mates The human remains from the Mladeč caves in the Czech Republic feature strongly in discussions of the transition from Neanderthals to early modern humans in Europe. Although generally accepted as modern Homo sapiens, features of the cranial morphology have prompted speculation about anatomical links to the preceding Neanderthals. The first direct radiocarbon dating of five human fossils from Mladeč is now available. The results confirm them as the oldest substantial remains of early modern humans in Europe. Both robust and less robust skulls are around 31,000 years old, though the two forms may reflect differences between males and females, rather than ‘archaic’ (Neanderthal-like) and ‘gracile’ early modern humans.

Date: 2005
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