La diaphyse fémorale droite du squelette néandertalien de Saint-Césaire (Charente, France)

Abstract

The Neanderthal skeleton from Saint-Césaire (France) shows a fragmentary right femora. We have decided to study the morphology and the metric proportions of this fragment. We have made a comparison with the other Neanderthal femora and with a sample of recent humans (N=181) from European collections. It seems that this fragment of femora is clearly identical to other Neanderthal femora.