Response to comment on “A middle pleistocene homo from Nesher Ramla, Israel”

Hila May; Rachel Sarig; Ariel Pokhojaev; Cinzia Fornai; María Martinón-Torres; José María Bermúdez de Castro; Gerhard W. Weber; Yossi Zaidner; Israel Hershkovitz

doi:10.1126/science.abl5789

Response to comment on “A middle pleistocene homo from Nesher Ramla, Israel”

Hila May^*
, Rachel Sarig^*
, Ariel Pokhojaev
, Cinzia Fornai
, María Martinón-Torres
, José María Bermúdez de Castro
, Gerhard W. Weber
, Yossi Zaidner
, Israel Hershkovitz^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Institute of Archaeology

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Abstract

Marom and Rak claim, on the basis of a few mandibular features, that the Nesher Ramla (NR) Homo is a Neanderthal. Their comments lack substance and contribute little to the debate surrounding the evolution of Middle Pleistocene Homo. Limitations and preconceptions in their study prevented them from achieving resolution beyond a dichotomous interpretation of the NR as either a Neanderthal or a modern human.

Original language	English
Article number	eabl5789
Journal	Science
Volume	374
Issue number	6572
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abl5789
State	Published - 3 Dec 2021

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Supported by grants from the Dan David Foundation, the Shmunis Family Anthropology Institute, the Leakey Foundation, the Care Archaeological Foundation, the Israel Science Foundation (1936/18, 1773/15), and the Swiss National Science Foundation (31003A_156299/176319). C.F. was supported by Swiss National Science Foundation grant 31003A_176319.

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