Upper Pleistocene human scapula from Salawusu,Inner Mongolia,China  

作　　者：SHANG Hong LIU Wu WU Xinzhi DONG Guangrong 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044,China [2]Department of Anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA [3]Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China

出　　处：《Chinese Science Bulletin》2006年第17期2110-2115,共6页

基　　金：This work was supported by President Fund of Chinese Academy of Sciences （No. 978）; the National Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant Nos. J0530189, 40372015） and the Wenner-Gren Foundation.

摘　　要：This article presents a fossil human scapula which was found in situ from the lower part of the Salawusu Formation in 1980 at the Salawusu site of Inner Mongolia,China. The stratum is dated from 70.9±6.2 ka BP to 124.9±15.8 ka BP by TL method. Dates from 44±7 ka BP to 63±3 ka BP, 61―68 ka BP and 35.34±2 ka BP are obtained for the lower part of this layer by 230Th, IRSL and 14C respectively. Based on the comparisons between this scapula and the scapulae of Neanderthals, Skhul/Qafzeh fossils, Eurasian Upper Paleolithic specimens and recent modern humans on the glenoid fossa, axillo-spinal angle, axillary border and other features, the present authors arrived at a preliminary conclusion that this Salawusu scapula is characterized by modern fea- tures of Upper Pleistocene humans mixed with a Neanderthal-like feature.This article presents a fossil human scapula which was found in situ from the lower part of the Salawusu Formation in 1980 at the Salawusu site of Inner Mongolia,China. The stratum is dated from 70.9±6.2 ka BP to 124.9±15.8 ka BP by TL method. Dates from 44±7 ka BP to 63±3 ka BP, 61 -68 ka BP and 35.34±2 ka BP are obtained for the lower part of this layer by ^230Th, IRSL and ^14C respectively. Based on the comparisons between this scapula and the scapulae of Neanderthals, Skhul/Qafzeh fossils, Eurasian Upper Paleolithic specimens and recent modern humans on the glenoid fossa, axillo-spinal angle, axillary border and other features, the present authors arrived at a preliminary conclusion that this Salawusu scapula is characterized by modern features of Upper Pleistocene humans mixed with a Neanderthal-like feature.

关 键 词：更新世 人类化石 肩胛骨 内蒙古 

分 类 号：Q91[天文地球—古生物学与地层学]