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T1 Uncovering the adult morphology of the forearm bones from the Sima de los Huesos Site in Atapuerca (Spain), with comments on biomechanical features
A1 Rodríguez García, Laura
A1 García‐González, Rebeca
A1 Arsuaga, Juan Luis
A1 Carretero, José‐Miguel
A2 Antropologia Fisica
K1 Antropología física
K1 Forearm
K1 Morphological and Biomechanical traits
K1 Radio
K1 Sima de los Huesos
K1 Ulna
K1 2402 Antropología (Física)
AB [EN] The forearm skeleton is composed of two bones: the radius and the ulna. This is closely related to manipulative movements. The ulna is part of the elbow joint, whereas the radius and ulna together with the scaphoid and lunate bones, form the wrist joints. Thus, morphofunctional analysis of the adult Sima de los Huesos (SH) forearm bones, provides clues about manipulative activities in one Pleistocene population. From 1976 to the present, over 7000 human fossils have been recovered from the SH site. The radial sample comprised 98 labeled fragments, of which 49 belonged to adult individuals, representing at least 7 individuals. The ulnar sample included 31 labeled adult fossils representing at least nine individuals. In this study, we describe the SH radii and ulnae and analyze their functional implications for manipulative and forearm movements. We confirmed that the SH radii are long and curved, with variations in robusticity and radial tuberosity orientation. The SH ulnae are characterized by an anteriorly oriented trochlear notch, a massive olecranon process, an obliquely oriented radial notch, a blunt and short supinator crest, a gracile and curved diaphysis, and a round and anteriorly oriented pronator crests. In general, they exhibit Neanderthal morphology. The SH collection provides a unique opportunity to conduct morphological analyses of these bones in the Middle Pleistocene population.
PB Wiley-Blackwell
SN 1932-8486
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10612/16850
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10612/16850
NO Rodríguez, L., García-González, R., Arsuaga, J. L., y Carretero, J.-M. (2023). Uncovering the adult morphology of the forearm bones from the Sima de los Huesos Site in Atapuerca (Spain), with comments on biomechanical features. Anatomical Record (Hoboken, N.J.: 2007). https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25281
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 17-may-2024