The Human Remains From the <scp>MIS</scp> 6 Site of Grotta Del Poggio (Cilento, Southern Italy): A Taxonomic and Chronological Reassessment
This study clarifies the taxonomic attribution of the two already known human remains from Grotta del Poggio, revising one of the oldest Neanderthal remains in Italy based on cutting-edge methodologies, and elucidating the reasons why a morphologically modern talus was recovered during the excavation of the Mousterian deposit.
Authors
- stefano benazzi
- Vincenzo Spagnolo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2090-0260)
- Maria Giovanna Belcastro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8932-8509)
- Stefano Ricci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7410-6057)
- Francesca Seghi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3506-2717)
- Matteo Bettuzzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3464-6574)
- Maria Pia Morigi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5697-2325)
- Ivan Henrique Martini
- Giulia Capecchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1746-689X)
- Erica Piccirilli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7819-0923)
- Rita Sorrentino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9674-0959)
- Antonino Vazzana
- Francesco Boschin
- Sahra Talamo
- Katerina Harvati
- Gerhard Weber
- Adriana Moroni
Institutions
- University of Siena (IT)
- University of Vienna (AT)
- Italian Institute of Technology (IT)
- Institute of Human Sciences (AT)
- Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment (DE)
- Centro Universitario Internazionale (IT)
- University of Tübingen (DE)
- University of Bologna (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Biological Anthropology
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.70188
- Primary Topic
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Geographic Society
- Università degli Studi di Siena
- European Commission
- Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung