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Locomotion and body proportions of the Saint-Césaire 1 Châtelperronian Neandertal.

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Trinkaus, E; Ruff, CB; Churchill, SE; Vandermeersch, B
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
May 1998

The initial Upper Paleolithic (Châtelperronian) of western Europe was associated with late European Neandertals, best known through the Saint-Césaire 1 partial skeleton. Biomechanical cross-sectional analysis of the Saint-Césaire 1 femoral diaphysis at the subtrochanteric and midshaft levels, given the plasticity of mammalian diaphyseal cortical bone, provides insights into the habitual levels and patterns of loading on the lower limbs from body mass, proportions, and locomotion. The overall robustnesses of the femoral diaphyses of European Neandertals and early modern humans are similar once contrasts in body proportions are incorporated into the body size scaling. Saint-Césaire 1 matches these samples only if it is provided with Neandertal-like hyperarctic body proportions. And the rounded proximal femoral diaphysis of Saint-Césaire 1 is similar to those of earlier Neandertals, likely also reflecting similar cold-adapted broad pelvic regions. However, although morphologically similar to those of archaic Homo, the Saint-Césaire 1 femoral midshaft exhibits the anteroposterior reinforcement characteristic of early modern humans. Consequently, Saint-Césaire 1 appears as a morphological Neandertal with hyperarctic body proportions who nonetheless had shifted locomotor patterns to more closely resemble those of other Upper Paleolithic humans.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

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1091-6490

ISSN

0027-8424

Publication Date

May 1998

Volume

95

Issue

10

Start / End Page

5836 / 5840

Related Subject Headings

  • Paleontology
  • Locomotion
  • Humans
  • Hominidae
  • Europe
  • Bone and Bones
  • Biomechanical Phenomena
  • Anthropometry
  • Animals
 

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Trinkaus, E., Ruff, C. B., Churchill, S. E., & Vandermeersch, B. (1998). Locomotion and body proportions of the Saint-Césaire 1 Châtelperronian Neandertal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 95(10), 5836–5840. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.95.10.5836
Trinkaus, E., C. B. Ruff, S. E. Churchill, and B. Vandermeersch. “Locomotion and body proportions of the Saint-Césaire 1 Châtelperronian Neandertal.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 95, no. 10 (May 1998): 5836–40. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.95.10.5836.
Trinkaus E, Ruff CB, Churchill SE, Vandermeersch B. Locomotion and body proportions of the Saint-Césaire 1 Châtelperronian Neandertal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1998 May;95(10):5836–40.
Trinkaus, E., et al. “Locomotion and body proportions of the Saint-Césaire 1 Châtelperronian Neandertal.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 95, no. 10, May 1998, pp. 5836–40. Epmc, doi:10.1073/pnas.95.10.5836.
Trinkaus E, Ruff CB, Churchill SE, Vandermeersch B. Locomotion and body proportions of the Saint-Césaire 1 Châtelperronian Neandertal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1998 May;95(10):5836–5840.
Journal cover image

Published In

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI

EISSN

1091-6490

ISSN

0027-8424

Publication Date

May 1998

Volume

95

Issue

10

Start / End Page

5836 / 5840

Related Subject Headings

  • Paleontology
  • Locomotion
  • Humans
  • Hominidae
  • Europe
  • Bone and Bones
  • Biomechanical Phenomena
  • Anthropometry
  • Animals