Jeffrey H. Schwartz Department of Anthropology University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Ian Tattersall Department of Anthropology American Museum of Natural History New York, New York Wiley-Liss 2002 FROM THE BACK COVER The Human Fossil Record series is the most authoritative and comprehensive documentation of the fossil evidence relevant to the study of our evolutionary past. This first volume covers the craniodental remains from Europe that have been attributed to the genus Homo. Here the authors also clearly define the terminology and descriptive protocol that is applied uniformly throughout the series. Organized alphabetically by site name, each entry includes clear descriptions and original, expertly taken photographs, as well as: * Morphology * Location information * History of discovery * Previous systematic assessments of the fossils * Geological, archaeological, and faunal contexts * Dating * References to the primary literature The Human Fossil Record series is truly a must-have reference for anyone seriously interested in the study of human evolution. CONTENTS Preface ix Part 1: Terminology and Craniodental Morphology of Genus Homo Descriptive Protocol 3 Descriptive Format 4 Abbreviations 4 Craniodental Morphology and Terminology 5 Maps 20 Part 2: Site-by-site Atlas of European Homonid Fossils Introduction 33 Abri Pataud 35 Arago (Tautavel) 41 Archi 54 Atapuerca: Gran Dolina 57 Atapuerca: Sima de los Huesos 65 Biache-Saint-Vaast 70 Bilzingsleben 73 Brno 81 Ceprano 86 Chancelade 90 Columbeira (Bombarral) 95 Combe-Capelle 97 Cro-Magnon 102 Dmanisi 113 Dolni Vestonice 125 Ehringsdorf (Weimar-Ehringsdorf) 132 Engis 141 Feldhofer Grotto (Neanderthal) 150 Figueira Brava 154 Fontechevade 156 Gibraltar: Devil's Tower 160 Gibraltar: Forbes' Quarry 165 Grimaldi Caves 169 Guattari (Monte Circeo) 185 Hahnofersand 193 Hortus 195 Isturitz 199 Krapina 206 Kulna 226 La Chapelle-aux-Saints 229 La Ferrassie 236 La Naulette 247 La Quina 250 Le Moustier 262 Mauer (Heidelberg) 269 Mladec (Lautscherhole) 273 Montmaurin 281 Ochoz 284 Pavlov 286 Pech de l'Aze 289 Petralona 294 Predmosti 300 Regourdou 304 Reilingen 308 Roc de Marsal 312 Saccopastore 317 Saint-Cesaire 324 Sakajia 327 Scladina (Sclayn) 330 Sipka 334 Spy 336 Steinheim 347 Subalyuk 352 Svitavka 358 Swanscombe 360 Velika Pecina 363 Verteszollos 365 Vindija 368 Vogelherd (Stetten) 375 Zafarraya 382 Zlaty Kun 386 EXERPT FROM PREFACE These books began in an attempt to understand systematic diversity among later Pleistocene hominids, specifically the Neanderthals. Almost immediately, however, it became evident that it is impractical to limit systematic study to one specific group of hominid fossils or to one particular period of human evolution; reference to outgroups is invariably necessary. Yet we were unable to find any single source to which we could turn to provide material for the broader comparisons that it proved necessary to make. Of course, the literature of paleoanthropology is replete with descriptions of hominid fossils; but, as we soon realized, most of these descriptions of individual fossils or fossil assemblages are not amenable to direct or at least complete comparison with others. This is, ironically, precisely because the tradition in paleoanthropology has been to describe fossils not as isolated entities, but comparatively. For, although providing a sense of how one fossil differs from another in the group being compared, the comparative descriptive approach often makes it difficult or impossible for the reader to extract the morphological information necessary for making comparisons with fossils not under immediate consideration. There is thus a clear need for a resource in which hominid fossils are described in detail on their own individual terms, using a consistent protocol from one fossil to the next. We have attempted to supply such a resource here. The volumes in this series present uniform descriptions and illustrations, almost all based on the examination and photography of original specimens, of the most significant among the major fossils comprising the human fossil record. To these descriptions are added ancillary information on dating, archaeological context, and so forth. We also clearly define the anatomical terminology we use, adapting this terminology to make it applicable not simply to the extant species, Homo sapiens, but to fossil hominids as a whole. The first two volumes of the series are devoted to fossils that have been allocated to the genus Homo (whether or not it is likely that they will ultimately be found to warrant this appellation), and they focus on skull and dental morphology. Volume 1 presents our descriptive protocol and the craniodental fossils from Europe; Volume 2 covers the African and Asian hominid fossil records and concludes with a systematic analysis of the genus Homo. Volume 3 will cover the early hominid fossil record, together with a discussion of morphological nomenclature and of the systematics of these hominids; it will conclude with a general overview of hominid systematics. Volume 4 will describe cranial endocasts. A volume on the postcranial skeleton is also envisioned. Each of the volumes in the series will be published separately, but in order, and as close together in time as possible. Clearly, the definitive account of the human fossil record will never be written. This is partly for the best of reasons: the paleoanthropological record is already very extensive, and it is growing at a rate with which it is hard to keep up. Partly, though, it reflects the fact that certain human fossils, even ones that have been comprehensively published, are in some cases surrounded by a wall of curatorial protectionism that amounts almost to paranoia. Interestingly enough, this attitude is largely foreign to other areas of vertebrate paleontology, but in human paleoanthropology it constitutes a real stumbling block to progress in what is after all an essentially comparative science. We have, however, done our best to make these volumes as comprehensive as possible. These remarks having reluctantly been made, it is important to acknowledge that we have been enormously gratified by the help and hospitality extended to us by the great majority of those responsible for the fossils that make up the human historical record, without whose active assistance this project would never have been possible. Warm welcomes and extraordinary helpfulness all over the world have transformed a potentially Herculean labor into a pleasure. WHERE TO ORDER John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Distribution Center 1 Wiley Drive Somerset, NJ 08875-1272 Phone: (732) 469-4400 or (800) 225-5945 Fax: (732) 302-2300 E-mail: bookinfo@wiley.com PRICE: $125.00 (Hardcover) ISBN: 0-471-31927-9
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