The Neanderthal endocast from Gánovce (Poprad,Slovak Republic)
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023272%3A_____%2F19%3A10134453" target="_blank" >RIV/00023272:_____/19:10134453 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/19:10431260
Result on the web
<a href="https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/79d3/40820e1e1f9eb8e69ffc5b20a027d20a372b.pdf?_ga=2.252599437.527218560.1582017997-2047842336.1582017997" target="_blank" >https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/79d3/40820e1e1f9eb8e69ffc5b20a027d20a372b.pdf?_ga=2.252599437.527218560.1582017997-2047842336.1582017997</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Neanderthal endocast from Gánovce (Poprad,Slovak Republic)
Original language description
A Neanderthal endocast, naturally formed by travertine within the crater of a thermal spring, was found at Ganovce, near Poprad (Slovakia), in 1926, and dated to 105 ka. The endocast is partially covered by fragments of the braincase. The volume of the endocast was estimated to be 1320 cc. The endocast was first studied by the Czech paleoanthropologist Emanuel Vlcek, who performed metric and morphological analyses which suggested its Neanderthal origin. Vlcek published his works more than fifty years ago, but the fossil is scarcely known to the general paleoanthropological community, probably because of language barriers. Here, we review the historical and anatomical information available on the endocasts, providing additional paleoneurological assessments on its features. The endocast displays typical Neanderthal traits, and its overall appearance is similar to Guattari 1, mostly because of the pronounced frontal width and occipital bulging. The morphology of the Ganovce specimen suggests once more that the Neanderthal endocranial phenotype had already evolved at 100 ka.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Anthropological Sciences
ISSN
1827-4765
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
97
Issue of the periodical within the volume
October
Country of publishing house
IT - ITALY
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
139-149
UT code for WoS article
000504448200008
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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