An Archaic Human Ulna from Chagyrskaya Cave Altai: Morphology and Taxonomy

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3-2013

Abstract

Excavations at the Chagyrskaya Cave site in Gorny Altai have revealed a Mousteroid industry along with fragmented human remains. This study focuses on a left ulna from stratum 6a. Its size, proportions, symptoms of disease, and indicators of muscular activity, point to Neanderthal affinities. The bone is large, linking the individual with certain Near Eastern Neanderthal males such as Shanidar. Symptoms of what might be diagnosed as Forestier disease suggest likewise.

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Chagyrskaya Cave, Ulna, Archaic Humans, Neanderthals

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Article

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SFS0073314_00001

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