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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480023803321

Titolo

Etude anthropologique du squelette du Paléolithique supérieur de Nazlet Khater 2 (Egypte) [[electronic resource] ] : Apport à  la compréhension de la variabilité passée des hommes modernes  / / Isabelle Crevecoeur.fi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leuven, : Leuven University Press, 2008

ISBN

94-6166-034-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Collana

Egyptian prehistory monographs ; ; 8

Disciplina

573.0932

Soggetti

Electronic books

Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt

Anthropometry - Egypt

Paleolithic period - Egypt

Human remains (Archaeology) - Egypt

Electronic books.

Nile River Valley Antiquities

Nazlet Khater Site (Egypt)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Two columns to the page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Table des matieres -- Table des figures -- Table des tableaux -- Table des annexes I et II -- Table des planches photographiques de l'annexe III -- Introduction -- 1. Contexte geologique et archeologique -- 2. Les tombes -- 3. Étude descriptive des restes humains de Nazlet Khater -- Étude comparative multivariee et discussions -- Bilans et conclusions -- 6. Bibliographie -- 7. Annexe I. Description des mesures et valeurs de NK 2 -- 8. Annexe II. Syntheses des analyses multivariees -- 9. Annexe III. Planches photographiques..

Sommario/riassunto

The study of modern human origin, variation and behaviour focused mainly on two distinct periods: the oxygen isotopic stages OIS 6 and 5e with the oldest anatomically modern human remains from Africa and the Middle East and the oxygen isotopic stages 2 and 1 with the expansion of modern humans all over the world. Currently, genetic studies agree to consider that extant human populations reflect only a



restricted part of past modern human diversity. One of the key periods to try to understand the complex evolution of Homo sapiens is the oxygen isotopic stage 3. However, few complete human remains are known for this period which limits the knowledge of the Upper Pleistocene modern human variation.