Size variation in Middle Pleistocene humans.
It has been suggested that European Middle Pleistocene humans, Neandertals, and prehistoric modern humans had a greater sexual dimorphism than modern humans. Analysis of body size variation and cranial capacity variation in the large sample from the Sima de los Huesos site in Spain showed instead that the sexual dimorphism is comparable in Middle Pleistocene and modern populations.
Arsuaga
J L
JL
Departamento de Paleontología, Instituto de Geología Económica, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Carretero
J M
JM
Lorenzo
C
C
Gracia
A
A
Martínez
I
I
Bermúdez de Castro
J M
JM
Carbonell
E
E
D000818:Animals; D001824:Body Constitution; D005260:Female; D005580:Fossils; D015186:Hominidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013030:Spain