Sir Arthur Keith's Legacy: Re-discovering a lost collection of human fossils

Groote, Isabelle De; Bello, Silvia M.; Kruszynski, Robert; Compton, Tim; Stringer, Chris

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2014.04.047

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“…The evidence from Gobero would suggest the practice spread to the Sahara region by the early Holocene (9500 cal BP (Sereno et al, 2008;Stojanowski et al, 2014)). Other early populations where evulsion was common date back to the Late Natufian (13-11600 CalBP (Belfer-Cohen et al, 2005)) in the Levant where evulsion has been reported at Ain Mallaha, El Wad, Nahal Oren, Kebara and Shukbah (Bocquentin, 2008(Bocquentin, , 2011De Groote et al, 2014;Eshed et al, 2006).…”

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Characterizing evulsion in the Later Stone Age Maghreb: Age, sex and effects on mastication

Groote

Humphrey

2016

Quaternary International

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Abstract:This paper assesses the earliest evidence for widespread dental modification in Northwest Africa. The intentional modification of teeth has implications for an individual's appearance, sense of identity and perceived status. The range of modifications reported varies from alterations of shape or color to the complete removal of healthy teeth (evulsion or ablation). The availability of well-dated collections reveals that Northwest Africa was the first region where the custom of tooth evulsion was widely practiced.Analysis of Iberomaurusian (Late Stone Age, n=77) and Capsian dental material (n=12) shows that evulsion was present in most male and female individuals (>94%). The most common Iberomaurusian practice involved removal of both upper central incisors (around 65%) although removal of fewer, none and more teeth was also recorded. Observations of the extent of alveolar remodeling of different sockets revealed that teeth were frequently removed at different ages, suggesting that the cultural significance was age transgressive and may have related to an event that individuals experienced more than once. During the Capsian period the prevalence of evulsion was lower in males than in females, but when present more teeth were removed with evulsion frequently involving both mandible and maxilla. Tooth wear analysis shows that evulsion affected not only the appearance of the individual but also the functioning of the masticatory complex.3

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Characterizing evulsion in the Later Stone Age Maghreb: Age, sex and effects on mastication

Groote

Humphrey

2016

Quaternary International

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“…This was complicated by the destruction during World War II of most of the original documentation on the Keith collection. The main provenance of the remains was established as Shukbah Cave; smaller numbers also came from el‐Wad, Kebara and Skhul (De Groote et al ., ).…”

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“…Included in Keith's collection inherited by the NHM were bone fragments labelled as being associated with Skhul 7 and 9. However, it has not been possible to confirm this attribution for these fragments (De Groote et al ., ).…”

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“…The remains from Shukbah level D (associated with Mousterian archaeology) consist of a molar (a right M 2 ), zygomatic fragment, fragment of temporal, hemi‐mandible, femoral fragment and talus, of which the latter three may be Natufian intrusions from level B. The temporal fragment, which preserves the auditory bulla, and the root of the juvenile zygomatic are probably Neanderthal (De Groote et al ., ).…”

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“…The site was excavated by Turville‐Petre and Baynes under the auspices of Garrod, at the same time as she was excavating El‐Wad (De Groote et al ., ). The sediments at Kebara range from Recent (layer A) to Levalloiso‐Mousterian (layer D), and encompass Bronze Age, Natufian, what Garrod called Kebaran, Upper Palaeolithic and Mousterian (De Groote et al ., ). The famous Kebara Neanderthal remains were later discovered at the same site by teams led by Stekelis and Bar Yosef (Wood, ).…”

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A rich locality in South Kensington: the fossil hominin collection of the Natural History Museum, London

Buck

Stringer

2015

Geological Journal

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The primacy of fossils in the Natural History Museum (NHM) goes back to the very origins of the Museum, but the first fossil hominins in the collections were probably the Upper Palaeolithic remains from Bruniquel, which were accessioned in 1864. This founded a collection which has continued to expand into this century. While there have been many compilations and descriptions of the fossil hominin collection at the NHM over its long history, to our knowledge no-one has prepared a review of the collection itself. The intention of the current paper is to synthesize earlier sources with accounts of new finds, revised chronologies and rediscovered treasures in order to illustrate the breadth and continuing importance of the fossil hominins curated at the NHM. We list and discuss all the hominin material known or thought to predate the Holocene. These form a collection of great importance, both in terms of their research value and history of science. With the application of new investigative techniques such as aDNA and microCT, the material remains central to palaeoanthropological research in the 21 st Century.

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Oral pathological conditions of an Early Epipaleolithic human from Southwest Asia: Ohalo II H2 as a probable case of intentional dental ablation

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Lacy

2020

International Journal of Paleopathology

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Sir Arthur Keith's Legacy: Re-discovering a lost collection of human fossils

Cited by 7 publications

References 37 publications

Characterizing evulsion in the Later Stone Age Maghreb: Age, sex and effects on mastication

Characterizing evulsion in the Later Stone Age Maghreb: Age, sex and effects on mastication

A rich locality in South Kensington: the fossil hominin collection of the Natural History Museum, London

Oral pathological conditions of an Early Epipaleolithic human from Southwest Asia: Ohalo II H2 as a probable case of intentional dental ablation

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