Open AccessHominin Femur finding from Banjarejo: Its morphological character and taxonomical position
Author(s) -
Sofwan Noerwidi,
Rusyad Adi Suriyanto,
Ashwin Prayudi,
Harry Widianto
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
berita sedimentologi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2807-274X
pISSN - 0853-9413
DOI - 10.51835/bsed.2021.47.3.350
Subject(s) - homo erectus , homo sapiens , australopithecus , prehistory , context (archaeology) , evolutionary biology , paleoanthropology , biology , population , hominidae , geography , paleontology , archaeology , biological evolution , pleistocene , genetics , demography , sociology
Recently, Banjarejo became an important prehistoric site for Quaternary research because of its significant faunal and hominin remains. This study aims to describe a new finding of the hominin femur specimen from the site and its taxonomical position in human evolution. The specimen was identified by morphological and metric descriptions of the external feature of the femur. Then, comparative study to Homo erectus (n=2), Homo neanderthalensis (n=8), Homo heidelbergensis (n=1), prehistoric Homo sapiens (n=44), Australopithecus africanus (n=1), Paranthropus robustus (n=2), also non-human primate including Pongo (n=1), Macaca (n=1) and Gibbon (n=1) using bivariate and multivariate statistical analysis presented the specimen in the evolutionary perspective. This study shows the morphological and metric character of Banjarejo specimen located between Homo erectus and prehistoric Homo sapiens population sample. Further study should be addressed to investigate the cultural and chronological context of the hominin specimen.