http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=5711 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=6060 The earliest record of the postcranial remains of Homo erectus was provided by Dubois who recovered a femur from Trinil in Java. Dubois believed this Trinil femur was associated with the Trinil calotte now attributed also to Homo erectus. Doubts about the attribution of this femur to Homo erectus have echoed the findings of anatomists, over many years, who could not distinguish the Trinil femur from that of Homo sapiens on anatomical grounds. Weidenreich in 1941 described the Zhoukoudian femora as distinct in their morphology and Olduvai Hominid 28 was shown to share features with these remains. Later work on the Koobi Fora hominids has shown similar results. Pelvic remains of Homo erectus are now known from Olduvai, Koobi Fora and Arago. The new skeleton of Homo erectus (WT 15,000) from West Turkana, North Kenya, shows similar femoro-pelvic features but they are less well expressed owing to the juvenility of the specimen. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:10:10 +0100 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:10:17 +0100 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=6060 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