Early to mid-Holocene South African Later Stone Age human crania exhibit a distinctly Khoesan morphological pattern
| dc.contributor.author | Stynder, D D | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ackermann, R R | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sealy, J C | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-14T09:37:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-03-14T09:37:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-01-18T08:31:40Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The sample of South African early to mid-Holocene Later Stone Age (LSA) human crania is small and quite fragmentary, limiting our knowledge of human craniofacial morphology for this period. Previous limited analyses have described the morphology displayed by these early crania as a combination of Khoesan and non-Khoesan traits. Although essentially Khoesan-like in terms of facial morphology, their overall large size and robust neurocranial structure were regarded as atypical of Khoesan craniofacial morphology, leading to questions about the role of these early populations in the ancestry of recent Khoesan populations. Here we provide a quantitative analysis in which we compare five well-preserved pre-5000 BP LSA crania with (i) a large sample of post-5000 BP LSA Khoesan crania; and (ii) a sample of crania from recent South African Bantu-speakers. We show that these pre-5000 BP crania fall comfortably within the range of variation observed for the post-5000 BP Khoesan sample, in terms of both size and shape, suggesting that distinctive Khoesan craniofacial morphology was already present in South African LSA populations by the first half of the Holocene. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Stynder, D. D., Ackermann, R. R., & Sealy, J. C. (2007). Early to mid-Holocene South African Later Stone Age human crania exhibit a distinctly Khoesan morphological pattern. <i>South African Journal of Science</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27654 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Stynder, D D, R R Ackermann, and J C Sealy "Early to mid-Holocene South African Later Stone Age human crania exhibit a distinctly Khoesan morphological pattern." <i>South African Journal of Science</i> (2007) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27654 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Stynder, D. D., Ackermann, R. R., & Sealy, J. C. (2007). Early to mid-Holocene South African Later Stone Age human crania exhibit a distinctly Khoesan morphological pattern: research letter. South African Journal of Science, 103(7 & 8), 349-352. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Stynder, D D AU - Ackermann, R R AU - Sealy, J C AB - The sample of South African early to mid-Holocene Later Stone Age (LSA) human crania is small and quite fragmentary, limiting our knowledge of human craniofacial morphology for this period. Previous limited analyses have described the morphology displayed by these early crania as a combination of Khoesan and non-Khoesan traits. Although essentially Khoesan-like in terms of facial morphology, their overall large size and robust neurocranial structure were regarded as atypical of Khoesan craniofacial morphology, leading to questions about the role of these early populations in the ancestry of recent Khoesan populations. Here we provide a quantitative analysis in which we compare five well-preserved pre-5000 BP LSA crania with (i) a large sample of post-5000 BP LSA Khoesan crania; and (ii) a sample of crania from recent South African Bantu-speakers. We show that these pre-5000 BP crania fall comfortably within the range of variation observed for the post-5000 BP Khoesan sample, in terms of both size and shape, suggesting that distinctive Khoesan craniofacial morphology was already present in South African LSA populations by the first half of the Holocene. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Science LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - Early to mid-Holocene South African Later Stone Age human crania exhibit a distinctly Khoesan morphological pattern TI - Early to mid-Holocene South African Later Stone Age human crania exhibit a distinctly Khoesan morphological pattern UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27654 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27654 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Stynder DD, Ackermann RR, Sealy JC. Early to mid-Holocene South African Later Stone Age human crania exhibit a distinctly Khoesan morphological pattern. South African Journal of Science. 2007; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27654. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Archaeology | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Science | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | South African Journal of Science | |
| dc.source.uri | https://www.sajs.co.za/ | |
| dc.title | Early to mid-Holocene South African Later Stone Age human crania exhibit a distinctly Khoesan morphological pattern | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
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