Pontnewydd Cave in Wales—a new Middle Pleistocene hominid site

Green, H. S.; Stringer, Christopher B.; Collcutt, S. N.; Currant, A. P.; Huxtable, J.; Schwarcz, Henry P.; Debenham, Nick; Embleton, Clifford; Bull, P.; Molleson, Theya; Bevins, R. E.

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“…The earlier finds have been described in detail by Stringer () (PN 1–4); Stringer in Green et al . ( [PN1], 1989 [PN 1–8]). All the finds were described or redescribed by Compton and Stringer (), and descriptions and photographs of the Pontnewydd teeth in this paper are taken from that source.…”

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The morphological affinities of the Middle Pleistocene hominin teeth from Pontnewydd Cave, Wales

Compton

Stringer

2015

J Quaternary Science

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Seventeen Middle Pleistocene hominin teeth were excavated at Pontnewydd Cave in North Wales between 1980 and 1995 with a probable age of ∼225 ka, associated with handaxe and levallois artefacts. Their Neanderthal characteristics and their affinities with other European Middle Pleistocene teeth and the major sites of Atapuerca‐SH in Spain and Krapina in Croatia are explored. The Pontnewydd teeth are shown to have a marked similarity to those of Atapuerca‐SH, more pronounced than similarities to teeth from other European Middle Pleistocene sites, and to belong in the pre‐Neanderthal stage of Neanderthal evolution. Distinct dental morphological differences between later European Middle Pleistocene specimens, together with those from Atapuerca‐SH, and European Middle Pleistocene Homo heidelbergensis specimens are identified, contradicting the view that both the Pontnewydd and the Atapuerca‐SH fossils belong in that species. Additionally, the similarities in dental morphology between European and non‐European H. heidelbergensis specimens are demonstrated. We argue that when sites are grouped together for comparative purposes this should be done on morphological grounds, and not by apparent date, in view of the possible contemporaneity of European Middle Pleistocene sites that exhibit different degrees of Neanderthal affinities.

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“…Previous descriptions of the Pontnewydd teeth have identified them as exhibiting early Neanderthal characteristics (Stringer, ; Stringer in Green et al ., , ; Compton and Stringer, ), although they have also been grouped in H. heidelbergensis (e.g. Martinón‐Torres et al ., ; Quam et al ., ; Brink et al ., ).…”

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The morphological affinities of the Middle Pleistocene hominin teeth from Pontnewydd Cave, Wales

Compton

Stringer

2015

J Quaternary Science

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“…225 ka;Falguères et al, 2005), Pontnewydd (ca. 200 ka; Green et al, 1981), Biache (ca. 200 ka;Guipert et al, 2011), Vértesszölös (ca.…”

Section: Mollet Cave and The Middle Pleistocene Homininsunclassified

Environment and climate during MIS 7 and their implications for the late Middle Pleistocene hominins: The contribution of Mollet cave, Serinyà, Girona, northeastern Iberian Peninsula

López‐García

Blain

Julià

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Quaternary International

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“…This aspect is attested all across the western and central side of the continent, as in Great-Britain (Pontnewydd Cave in Wales at 230 ka, Green et al, 1981;Scott et al, 2011;Scott and Ashton, 2011), France (La Micoque, layer L2/3, end of MIS 8 Rolland, 1995;Falguères et al, 1997;White and Ashton, 2003;Bourguignon et al, 2008and Soucy, MIS 9 Lhomme et al, 2000, 2004, Spain (Galeria II base, MIS 9 and Cueva del Angel, Ollé et al, 2005;Wymer et al, 1993;Barroso Ruíz et al, 2011) and Italy (Valle Giumentina, MIS 6, Bietti andCastorina, 1992, Le Svolte di Popoli, Radmilli, 1965, Grotta Paglicci external shelter, Castel di Guido, MIS 9, Boschian, 1996, Malagrotta, Radmilli, 1984, Sedia del Diavolo and Monte delle Gioie, Taschini, 1967 andLa Polledrara, MIS 9, Anzidei, 2001;Anzidei et al, 2012), as well as in Hungary (Vertesszölös, MIS 9, Kretzoi and Dobosi, 1990). …”

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Widespread diffusion of technical innovations around 300,000 years ago in Europe as a reflection of anthropological and social transformations? New comparative data from the western Mediterranean sites of Orgnac (France) and Cave dall’Olio (Italy)

Fontana

Moncel

Nenzioni³

et al. 2013

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

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Pontnewydd Cave in Wales—a new Middle Pleistocene hominid site

Cited by 26 publications

References 15 publications

The morphological affinities of the Middle Pleistocene hominin teeth from Pontnewydd Cave, Wales

The morphological affinities of the Middle Pleistocene hominin teeth from Pontnewydd Cave, Wales

Environment and climate during MIS 7 and their implications for the late Middle Pleistocene hominins: The contribution of Mollet cave, Serinyà, Girona, northeastern Iberian Peninsula

Widespread diffusion of technical innovations around 300,000 years ago in Europe as a reflection of anthropological and social transformations? New comparative data from the western Mediterranean sites of Orgnac (France) and Cave dall’Olio (Italy)

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