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Levantine cranium from Manot Cave (Israel) foreshadows the first European modern humans

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  • Israel Hershkovitz

    (The Dan David Laboratory for the Search and Study of Modern Humans, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, PO Box 39040, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
    The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History and National Research Center, Tel Aviv University, PO Box 39040, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel)

  • Ofer Marder

    (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel)

  • Avner Ayalon

    (Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel Street, Jerusalem 95501, Israel)

  • Miryam Bar-Matthews

    (Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel Street, Jerusalem 95501, Israel)

  • Gal Yasur

    (Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhe Israel Street, Jerusalem 95501, Israel)

  • Elisabetta Boaretto

    (Max Planck Society-Weizmann Institute Center for Integrative Archaeology and Anthropology, D-REAMS Radiocarbon Laboratory, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel)

  • Valentina Caracuta

    (Max Planck Society-Weizmann Institute Center for Integrative Archaeology and Anthropology, D-REAMS Radiocarbon Laboratory, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel)

  • Bridget Alex

    (Max Planck Society-Weizmann Institute Center for Integrative Archaeology and Anthropology, D-REAMS Radiocarbon Laboratory, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
    Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA)

  • Amos Frumkin

    (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91905, Israel)

  • Mae Goder-Goldberger

    (Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel)

  • Philipp Gunz

    (Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D-04103, Leipzig, Germany)

  • Ralph L. Holloway

    (Columbia University)

  • Bruce Latimer

    (Case Western Reserve University
    Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA)

  • Ron Lavi

    (8 Dan Street, Modi’in 7173161, Israel)

  • Alan Matthews

    (Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel)

  • Viviane Slon

    (The Dan David Laboratory for the Search and Study of Modern Humans, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, PO Box 39040, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
    Present address: Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D-04103, Leipzig, Germany.)

  • Daniella Bar-Yosef Mayer

    (The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History and National Research Center, Tel Aviv University, PO Box 39040, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel)

  • Francesco Berna

    (Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada)

  • Guy Bar-Oz

    (Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel)

  • Reuven Yeshurun

    (Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel)

  • Hila May

    (The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History and National Research Center, Tel Aviv University, PO Box 39040, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
    Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, PO Box 39040, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel)

  • Mark G. Hans

    (Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA)

  • Gerhard W. Weber

    (University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 12–14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
    The Core Facility for Micro-Computed Tomography, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 12–14, A-1090, Vienna, Austria)

  • Omry Barzilai

    (Israel Antiquities Authority, PO Box 586, Jerusalem 91004, Israel)

Abstract

A partial skull from northern Israel dated to be from around 55,000 years ago sheds light on a crucial but little-known period of prehistory: the spread of anatomically modern humans from Africa.

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  • Israel Hershkovitz & Ofer Marder & Avner Ayalon & Miryam Bar-Matthews & Gal Yasur & Elisabetta Boaretto & Valentina Caracuta & Bridget Alex & Amos Frumkin & Mae Goder-Goldberger & Philipp Gunz & Ralph, 2015. "Levantine cranium from Manot Cave (Israel) foreshadows the first European modern humans," Nature, Nature, vol. 520(7546), pages 216-219, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:520:y:2015:i:7546:d:10.1038_nature14134
    DOI: 10.1038/nature14134
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