http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=5709 Entrées d’index fr 0 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=6066 Professor M.M. Gerasimov's method, modified by the author according to our new data on the relations between morphological traits of the face and the skull, was used to reconstruct the face of the late Homo erectus Arago XXI, Tautavel, France. The reconstruction was based on a plaster cast of the skull. Its examination revealed a considerable postmortem deformation. Additional remolding of the cast was therefore performed in order to overcome the consequences of post-mortem deformation. Whenever possible, bones of the face were adjusted to their anatomical position. The reconstruction of the missing mandible was done using correlations between mandibular dimensions and upper facial structures in a sample of archaic Homo sapiens crania. Earlier finds could not be used because of their fragmentary nature. However, there are reasons to believe that Neanderthals, being descendents of the late Homo erectus, were morphologically similar to them. Traits were found showing a high degree of interdependence. Indices were calculated and used to reconstruct the mandible. Principal stages of the reconstruction process of the skull will be demonstrated, with a brief description of the reconstruction techniques. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:14:01 +0100 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:14:10 +0100 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=6066 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=5785 La présence sur le squelette moustérien de Kebara 2 (Mont Carmel, Israël) de trois vestiges osseux bien conservés, la colonne cervicale, la mandibule et l'os hyoïde, permet, pour la première fois, de proposer une reconstitution de l'espace supralaryngien. Cette dernière conduit à reconsidérer la question largement débattue par les auteurs anglophones de l'aptitude à la parole de ces populations du Paléolithique moyen, en partant de ce fait de bases anatomiques différentes. The simultaneous presence on the Mousterian skeleton Kebara 2 (Mount Carmel, Israël) of three well preserved elements, the cervical column, the mandible and the hyoid bone for the first time permits us to suggest a reconstruction of the supralaryngeal region. This leads us to reconsider the question widely debated by English-speaking authors as to the speech aptitude of these Middle Palaeolithic populations, starting from different anatomical bases. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:17:16 +0100 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:17:23 +0100 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=5785 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=5705 Une mandibule relativement complète d’Hominidé, KNM-BK 8515, a été découverte en 1982 dans la formation de Kapthurin (Baringo, Kenya). Elle appartient à un sujet adulte dont les dents sont fortement et asymétriquement usées. Les analyses préliminaires indiquent que le fossile, comme d’ailleurs d’autres mandibules d’Afrique de l’Est (comme KNM-ER 992, OH-13 et KNM-ER 1805) et de Java (Sangiran 1b et Sangiran 9), relève probablement d’Homo erectus (ou d’une forme tardive d’Homo habilis). Des analyses multivariées utilisant un vaste fichier de données seront réalisées pour tester cette hypothèse. In 1982 a fairly complete hominid mandible, KNM-BK 8518, was found in the Kapthurin Formation (Baringo, Kenya). The mandible belongs to an adult specimen with heavily and asymmetrically worn teeth. Preliminary results point in the direction that this specimen, together with some other specimens from East Africa (as KNM-ER 992, OH 13 and KNM-ER 1805) and Java (as Sangiran 1b and Sangiran 9), probably belongs to early Homo erectus (or late Homo habilis). Multivariate statistical techniques on the complete data set will be applied in order to prove or disprove this hypothesis. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:31:07 +0100 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 12:31:14 +0100 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=5705