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summarised the three dominant explanations for Iho Eleru fossil's atypical cranial shape: the first, that Iho Eleru was a hybrid with archaic African populations; the second, that Iho Eleru fossil was a member of a relict archaic population that was replaced by more modern humans upon the onset of
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The correct name for the archaeological site is IhĂČ ElĂ©Ă©rĂș, or Iho Eleru, meaning "Cave of Ashes." This name originates from its common use for fire camps which resulted in a thick ash floor covering most of its superficial surface. The site was previously known as "Iwo Eleru", first reported by
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is well developed and has a masculine appearance, although there is no pronounced chin. Apart from two lower premolars, the teeth are not attached to the jaws and it is uncertain where the surviving teeth were originally placed. All the
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Don Brothwell and Thurstan Shaw said in 1971 that the sloping frontal vault was more pronounced in Iho Eleru fossil than in both later Neolithic and recent sub-Saharan skull samples. However, they also found that the
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artifacts at the site. It was found as part of a skeleton that was buried with a thin covering of soil. The skeleton was excavated and encased in plaster, and the skull was separated from the rest of the body.
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Chief Officer J. Akeredolu with the Department of Antiquities in Benin, Nigeria, and published by T. Shaw and S.G.H. Daniels, most probably as an incorrect anglicized translation from its original Yoruba name.
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Katerina Harvati, Chris Stringer, Rainer GrĂŒn, Maxime Aubert, Philip Allsworth-Jones and Caleb Adebayo Folorunso, 'The Later Stone Age Calvaria from Iho Eleru, Nigeria: Morphology and Chronology',
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kya, with no obvious sign of living descendants, suggests that the Iho Eleru lineage quite probably represents a distinct species of near modern human. As such, the species name
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the Holocene era; and the third, that Iho Eleru fossil was part of a population that diverged from the rest of North Africa's populations during a time of acute aridness in the
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Fred L. Bookstein, '“Like Fixing an Airpline in Flight”: On Paleoanthropology as an Evolutionary Discipline, or, Paleoanthropology for What?', in Schwartz (ed.),
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and whose extinction may have been caused by humans. Waddell also said: "Such a long apparently distinct lineage that terminated in West Africa perhaps 12
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On the basis of charcoal remains that were found surrounding the skeleton, it was initially dated 9250 BC ± 200. However, in a 2011 study conducted by
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Michael F. Hammer, August E. Woerner, Fernando L. Mendez, Joseph C. Watkins and Jeffrey D. Wall, 'Genetic evidence for archaic admixture in Africa',
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with that of Iho Eleru. The 2011 study found that "Iwo Eleru possesses neurocranial morphology intermediate in shape between archaic hominins (
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Shaw, Thurstan, and S. G. H. Daniels. "Excavations at Iwo Eleru, Ondo State, Nigeria." West African Journal of Archaeology 14 (1984): 1-269.
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Shaw, Thurstan, and S. G. H. Daniels. "Excavations at Iwo Eleru, Ondo State, Nigeria." West African Journal of Archaeology 14 (1984): 1-269.
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structure, nasal root and the frontal bone of the skull "would qualify for identification as that of a proto-West African negro."
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Christopher M. Stojanowski, 'Iwo Eleru's place among Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene populations of North and East Africa',
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are also robust. The existing remains suggest he was of medium height and build, and was no taller than approximately 165
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Stojanowski, 'Iwo Eleru's place among Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene populations of North and East Africa', p. 87.
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C. B. Stringer, 'Population Relationships of Later Pleistocene Hominids: A Multivariate Study of Available Crania',
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Peter J. Waddell, 'Extended Distance-based Phylogenetic Analyses Applied to 3D Homo Fossil Skull Evolution',
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J. R. Stewart and C. B. Stringer, 'Human Evolution Out of Africa: The Role of Refugia and Climate Change',
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What remains of the rest of the skeleton are generally crushed fragments of large bones. The shafts of the
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In 1974 Chris Stringer said that there were surprising similarities between the crania of the much older
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Harvati et al, 'The Later Stone Age Calvaria from Iwo Eleru, Nigeria: Morphology and Chronology', p. 6.
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Harvati et al, 'The Later Stone Age Calvaria from Iwo Eleru, Nigeria: Morphology and Chronology', p. 5.
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The Iho Eleru site is a large rock shelter in southwestern Nigeria. The skull was found in 1965 by
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The upper face is missing except for a small collection of fragments. Parts of the
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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Roughly half of a million stone tools have been discovered at Iho Eleru.
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and others, the dating of the remains was revised: with the help of
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was relatively flat, and the evidence from X-rays points to little
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are moderately developed for a male and there is no pronounced
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was utilized in 11,300 cal BP as the earliest in the region of
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Peter J. Waddell, ‘The Phylogenomic Origins and Definition of
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Views of the Iho Eleru skull (right): side, front, top, bottom
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argued that Iho Eleru man descended from a lineage 200–400
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desert that made it impassable until the arrival of the
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Cerasoni, Jacopo NiccolĂČ; et al. (17 March 2023).
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It has been argued that the Iho Eleru fossil was an
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have been directly dated; the results revealed that
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Waddell of 430:or part of a relict archaic 257: 161:around 11,900 BP and in the 7: 2012:Evolutionary biology Portal 484: 388: 173:in the Iho Eleru region of 169:soon after, ceramics later 149:Following the emergence of 144: 107:Name of archaeological site 10: 2104: 982:Rethinking Human Evolution 969:Rethinking Human Evolution 952:arXiv Quantitative Biology 932:225, 1317 (2012), p. 1320. 904:Journal of Human Evolution 681:10.1038/s41586-021-03244-5 555:10.1016/j.isci.2023.106153 291:, a time span of 11.7–16.3 1977: 1957:Evolutionary anthropology 1934: 1908: 1861: 1799: 1718: 1677: 1670: 1616: 1540: 1463: 1388: 1342: 1335: 1318: 1278: 1214: 1185: 1149: 1140: 1107: 1092: 866:Brothwell & Shaw 1971 854:Brothwell & Shaw 1971 842:Brothwell & Shaw 1971 830:Brothwell & Shaw 1971 818:Brothwell & Shaw 1971 806:Brothwell & Shaw 1971 789:Brothwell & Shaw 1971 768:Brothwell & Shaw 1971 624:Brothwell & Shaw 1971 274: 241:(Varanus niloticus), and 211:West African black turtle 471:University of Washington 436:Arizona State University 180: 99:or of a late-persisting 1863:Origin of modern humans 131:Canarium schweinfurthii 97:archaic human admixture 2083:Archaeology of Nigeria 369:appear robust and the 335:maxillary-molar region 289:uranium–thorium dating 213:(Pelusios niger), and 41: 1871:Recent African origin 1109:Last common ancestors 639:. 2011; 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Index

Iwo Eleru

Nigeria
archaeological site
rock shelter
Later Stone Age
Pleistocene
Holocene
forest–savanna
Isarun
Ondo State
Nigeria
archaic human admixture
early modern human
endocarps
Canarium schweinfurthii
West Africa
oil palm
pottery traditions
Ounjougou
Mali
Bosumpra
Ghana
arrived
Nigeria
fauna
bushpig
Potamochoerus porcus
Neotragus batesi
giant pouched rat

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