Twenty-five thousand-year-old triple burial from Dolní Vĕstonice: an ice-age family?
Language English Country United States Media print
Document type Historical Article, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
9034043
DOI
10.1002/(sici)1096-8644(199701)102:1<123::aid-ajpa10>3.0.co;2-2
PII: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199701)102:1<123::AID-AJPA10>3.0.CO;2-2
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- MeSH
- Models, Biological MeSH
- History, Ancient MeSH
- Genetic Variation MeSH
- Hominidae anatomy & histology genetics MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Paleontology MeSH
- Burial history MeSH
- Family * MeSH
- Statistics as Topic MeSH
- Fossils * MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- History, Ancient MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Historical Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic MeSH
In 1986 a paleolithic triple burial was discovered near Dolní Vĕstonice (Czech Republic). The occurrence of anatomic variants in all three skeletons gave rise to speculations that the buried individuals may have been closely related. To test this hypothesis the skeletons were submitted to a systematic kinship analysis based on odontologic and other non-metric traits. Statistical tests showed that the coincident occurrence of several rare traits in the individuals is highly unlikely to occur at random. This and further data included in the analysis therefore suggest that the three individuals buried together were genetically related and actually belonged to one family.
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