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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812616003321

Autore

Crevecoeur I (Isabelle)

Titolo

Etude antrhopologique [i.e. anthropologique] du squelette du paleolithique superieur de Nazlet Khater 2 (Egypte) : apport a la comprehension de la variabilite passee des hommes modernes / / Isabelle Crevecoeur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leuven, : Leuven University Press, 2008

ISBN

94-6166-034-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Collana

Egyptian prehistory monographs ; ; 8

Disciplina

573.0932

Soggetti

Human remains (Archaeology) - Egypt

Paleolithic period - Egypt

Anthropometry - Egypt

Excavations (Archaeology) - Egypt

Nazlet Khater Site (Egypt)

Nile River Valley Antiquities

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.