title: New hominin remains from Uzbekistan.
abstract: Although the Paleolithic occupations of Uzbekistan and the neighboring foothill regions of Tajikistan and Kazakhstan are well-documented, almost no hominin fossil material has been discovered in the area since Teshik-Tash 1 in 1938. Here we describe and offer a preliminary comparative framework for hominin remains that were recovered in 2003 from two Middle Paleolithic sites in Uzbekistan, Obi-Rakhmat Grotto and Anghilak Cave. The description of Teshik-Tash as a Neandertal and the preponderance of lithic assemblages identified as Mousterian in character has supported the interpretation of the region as the eastern-most extent of the Neandertal range. The material from Obi-Rakhmat (OR-1), a subadult represented by part of a permanent maxillary dentition and a fragmentary cranium, expresses a relatively Neandertal-like dentition coupled with more ambiguous cranial anatomy. The remains from Anghilak Cave include a non-diagnostic, diminutive right fifth metatarsal (AH-1). These findings are important additions to the Central Asia hominin fossil record.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1768, USA. mica.glantz@colostate.edu
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Glantz
authors.forename: Bence
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Viola
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wrinn
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chikisheva
authors.forename: Anatoly
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Derevianko
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krivoshapkin
authors.forename: Uktur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Islamov
authors.forename: Rustam
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suleimanov
authors.forename: Terrence
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ritzman
mesh_terms: D000717:Anatomy, Comparative; D000818:Animals; D001209:Asia, Central; D003817:Dentition; D005580:Fossils; D015186:Hominidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D010161:Paleodontology; D014070:Tooth / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000737:chemistry; D014610:Uzbekistan