Elsevier

Journal of Human Evolution

Volume 23, Issue 5, November 1992, Pages 401-417
Journal of Human Evolution

Article
Affinities of European Upper Palaeolithic Homo sapiens and later human evolution

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Abstract

We investigate the evolutionary affinities of European Upper Palaeolithic populations, using cranial measurements and multivariate techniques. Results indicate that cranial morphology of these populations accords with long-term phyletic trends within Pleistocene hominids. The data indicate an interpretation of differential velocities of change, and results do not support the view that Neanderthals contributed to recent populations.

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