 Cast of Předmostí 3 skull | |
| Common name | Predmosti 3 |
|---|---|
| Species | Human |
| Age | 26,000 years |
| Place discovered | Přerov, Czechoslovakia |
| Date discovered | 1982 |
Předmostí 3 was an Upper Paleolithic Homo sapiens from what is today the Czech Republic, geologically dated to the Late Pleistocene.1
Description
It was found in Předmostí, Přerov, 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 35
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
References
- "The Upper Paleolithic burial area at Předmostí: ritual and taphonomy".
- Clark Spencer Larsen, Robert M. Matter, Daniel Lee Gebo
- Human origins: the fossil record
- 225 pages
- Waveland Press, 1998
- ISBN 1577660021
- [Retrieved 2012-01-02]
- Matt Cartmill, Fred H. Smith
- The human lineage
- 609 pages
- John Wiley and Sons, 30 Mar 2009
- ISBN 0-471-21491-4
- Retrieved 2012-01-02
- Kyle D. Lubson, Robert Corruccini - Southern Illinois University
- Journal of Contemporary Anthropology 2011
- Copyright © Kyle D.Lubson and Robert.Corruccini
- Retrieved 2012-01-02
- 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])
- A.Buzhilova. M.Kovlovskaya. M.Mednikova
- Lab. of Physical Anthropology of RAS, Moscow
- The Sunghir Archaeological site
- Retrieved 2012-01-02
- Cartmill, Matt; Smith, Fred H. (2009-03-30). The Human Lineage. ISBN 9780471214915.
- 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.