Middle Pleistocene

Paleoantropologia

Paleoantropologia

Morphological and morphometric analyses of fossil remains related to human evolution, using computerized procedures and software for digital imaging and geometric morphometrics. Extinct and living non-human primates are also examined for comparative functional morphology studies of the skeletal system and teeth.

Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and archaeology of Middle Pleistocene localities near Ceprano, Campogrande area, Italy

The Ceprano human calvarium, dated around 400,000 yr, is a well-known fossil specimen. It represents significant evidence of hominin presence in the Italian peninsula during the Middle Pleistocene and may be considered representative of an archaic variant of the widespread and polymorphic species Homo heidelbergensis. Since its discovery (March 1994), systematic surveys in the Campogrande area near Ceprano, central Italy, identified 12 localities (CG1-12) with archaeological and/or paleontological assemblages.

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