Who made the Early Aurignacian? A Reconsideration of the Brassempouy Dental Remains

The dental human remains from the early Aurignacian layers of Brassempouy (Landes) have been recently described by Henry-Gambier et al. (2004). We provide a critical re-assessment of the features that have led these authors to conclude that the taxonomic status of these fossils is uncertain. Althoug...

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Main Authors: Shara E. Bailey, Jean-Jacques Hublin
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Language:English
Published: Société d'Anthropologie de Paris 2005-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/bmsap/977
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description The dental human remains from the early Aurignacian layers of Brassempouy (Landes) have been recently described by Henry-Gambier et al. (2004). We provide a critical re-assessment of the features that have led these authors to conclude that the taxonomic status of these fossils is uncertain. Although the works of one of us (S.B.) have been partly used and cited by Henry-Gambier et al. (2004), we disagree with the conclusions that have been drawn from them. In our view and based on the available evidence, the early Aurignacian dental remains from Brassempouy are unambiguously modern in their anatomy. They indeed provide further evidence that the makers of the ancient Aurignacian were early anatomically modern Europeans.
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Who made the Early Aurignacian? A Reconsideration of the Brassempouy Dental Remains
Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris
Aurignacian
teeth
Neandertals
Modern Humans
title Who made the Early Aurignacian? A Reconsideration of the Brassempouy Dental Remains
title_full Who made the Early Aurignacian? A Reconsideration of the Brassempouy Dental Remains
title_fullStr Who made the Early Aurignacian? A Reconsideration of the Brassempouy Dental Remains
title_full_unstemmed Who made the Early Aurignacian? A Reconsideration of the Brassempouy Dental Remains
title_short Who made the Early Aurignacian? A Reconsideration of the Brassempouy Dental Remains
title_sort who made the early aurignacian a reconsideration of the brassempouy dental remains
topic Aurignacian
teeth
Neandertals
Modern Humans
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