An Archaic Human Ulna from Chagyrskaya Cave, Altai: Morphology and Taxonomy
An Archaic Human Ulna from Chagyrskaya Cave, Altai: Morphology and Taxonomy
M.B. Mednikova.
Excavations at the Chagyrskaya Cave site in Gorny Altai have revealed a Mousteroid industry along with fragmented human remains. This study focuses on a left ulna from stratum 6a. Its size, proportions, symptoms of disease, and indicators of muscular activity, point to Neanderthal affi nities. The bone is large, linking the individual with certain Near Eastern Neanderthal males such as Shanidar. Symptoms of what might be diagnosed as Forestier disease suggest likewise.
