Observations on ca. 175-year old human remains from Antarctica (Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, South Shetlands).
Information is presented on human remains from Antarctica and the circumstances under which they were found at Cape Shirreff (62 degrees 27' S., 60 degrees 47' W.), Livingston Island, South Shetlands. Support is given to the hypothesis that all the recovered bones belonged to the same person. A thorough anthropometric analysis revealed that the skull belonged to a mestizo female, 21 years of age, who may have hailed from the Chilean southern channels and whose arrival to Antarctica was possible aboard a sealer boat. Death appears to have occurred in the Antarctic during the sealing period (1819-1825). Signs of nutritional stress, anaemia, and an external otitis were identified. It is intended to use DNA analyses to prove that the femurs recovered in 1988 and 1993 belonged to the same person whose skull was found at Cape Shirreff in 1985.
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Departamento Científico, Instituto Antártico Chileno. dtorres@inach.cl
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000864:Antarctic Regions; D000885:Anthropology, Physical; D001106:Archaeology; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology*; D002508:Cephalometry; D005260:Female; D015186:Hominidae; D006801:Humans; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D012732:Sex Determination Analysis