Ancient Chinese Skull Has Neandertal-like Inner Ear  

出　　处：《Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences》2015年第1期54-55,共2页中国科学院院刊（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences;the National Natural Science Foundation of China

摘　　要：A closer look based on micro-CT scans at a 100,000-year-old human temporal bone,a part of a skull that was recovered 35 years ago in China revealed that it had an inner ear formation that was thought only to have occurred in Neanderthals.In comparison,none of the three other archaic human skulls analyzed from different parts of China had this type of inner ear.An international research group led by Professor WU Xiujie fromA closer look based on micro-CT scans at a 100,000-year-old human temporal bone,a part of a skull that was recovered 35 years ago in China revealed that it had an inner ear formation that was thought only to have occurred in Neanderthals.In comparison,none of the three other archaic human skulls analyzed from different parts of China had this type of inner ear.

关 键 词：尼安德特人 人类头骨 内耳 中国 古代 CT扫描 颞骨 

分 类 号：Q981[天文地球—古生物学与地层学]