Ne wFossi lHomini dCalvari aFrom Indonesia—Sambungmaca n3

Amorphologicall ydistinc tpartia lcalvari ao fHom ocf .erectu sfro mJava ,Indonesi ai sdescribed .Th efossi lhominid Sambungmaca n3 (S m3 )wa sfirs tdiscovere di n197 7fro mth ebank so fth eSol oRive rnea rth evillag eo fPoloyo, Sambungmaca ndistrict ,i ncentra lJava .I twa slate rrecovere di na Ne wYor kCit ynatura lhistor yestablishmen ti n1999 an dquickl yreturne dt oth eIndonesia nauthorities .Examinatio no fS m3 show stha tth ecalvari ai swel lpreserve dwit honly portion so fth ecrania lbas emissing .Th emos tstrikin gcharacteristic so fS m 3include :th epresenc eo fa verticall yrising forehead ,mor eope noccipital/nucha lan dfronta langles ,a mor eglobula rvault ,an da crania lcapacit ywithi nth eHomo erectu srange .Mos tnotabl yabsen ti nS m3 ar ea numbe ro fth eclassi ccharacter sattribute dt oHom oerectus ,suc ha sa strongl yexpresse dangula rtoru san da continuou ssupratora lsulcus .Th eabsenc eo fsuc hcharacter swoul dnormall yplace th ecalvari aoutsid eth erang eo fHom oerectu s(sens ustricto) ,however ,overal lquantitativ ean dqualitativ emorphological assessment so fS m3 plac ei twithi nth eHom oerectu sspectrum .Th ecombinatio no fth emorphologica lcharacter si nS m3 ma yb einterprete di nsevera lways :1. )th eknow ncrania lvariatio no fH .erectu sfro mIndonesi aan dChin ai sextended ;2.) thi scalvari ashow sevidenc eo fevolutionar ychang ewithi nH .erectus ;o r3. )mor etha non especie so fHom oexiste di nthe (presumed )Middl ePleistocen eo fJava. )Ana tRe c262:344‐368 ,2001. ©200 1Wiley-Liss ,Inc. Ke ywords :Hom oerectus ;Java ;S m3 ;verticall yrisin gfrontal ;ope noccipital/nucha lplan eangle; crania lcapacity