Předmostí 3

Předmostí 3 was an Upper Paleolithic Homo sapiens from the Czech Republic, geologically dated to the Late Pleistocene.[1]

Cast of Předmostí 3 skull

Description

It was found in Předmostí, Moravia, and dated to 26,000 B.P.[2] and has a cranial capacity of 1580 cubic centimetres (Holloway 2000;Holloway et al 2004)[3]

Fate

The specimen was destroyed in 1945 in the Second World War as retreating German troops set fire to Mikulov Castle where the remains were stored.[1]

Analysis

In a morphometric analysis of cranio-facial traits compared to modern humans, Předmostí 3 was found to correlate to a 73% similarity.[4]

Upper Paleolithic skulls are at least as flat-faced as modern ones, except for Predmosti 3[5]

The skull belongs to a morphological Upper Palaeolithic group that also includes Grotte des Enfants 4, Barma Grande 5, Pavlov 1 and Sunghir 1.[6] Predmosti 3 had a retromolar space, which is absent from most modern humans.[7] Předmostí 3's hand is similar to that of the Middle Paleolithic Skhul IV.[8]

References
  1. "The Upper Paleolithic burial area at Předmostí: ritual and taphonomy".
  2. Clark Spencer Larsen, Robert M. Matter, Daniel Lee Gebo
  3. Matt Cartmill, Fred H. Smith
  4. Kyle D. Lubson, Robert Corruccini - Southern Illinois University
  5. W.W. HOWELLS
    • Société d'anthropologie de Paris, Centre de recherches anthropologiques
    • page 333 of Bulletins et mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris
    • Doin, 1982
    • Retrieved 2012-01-02
    • (originally from a holding of the University of California [+google.co.uk])
  6. A.Buzhilova. M.Kovlovskaya. M.Mednikova
  7. Cartmill, Matt; Smith, Fred H. (2009-03-30). The Human Lineage. ISBN 9780471214915.
  8. Smith, Shelley L. (1995). "Pattern profile analysis of hominid and chimpanzee hand bones". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 96 (3): 283–300. doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330960306. PMID 7785726.
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