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Human permanent molar from the Middle Palaeolithic site Rozhok 1 sheds light on the earliest human migrations in Eastern Europe. The analysis of dental morphology and metrics is based on the methods developed by A. A. Zubov. Comparison of the Rozhok 1 molar with the teeth of the other representatives of the genus Homo dating from the Lower Palaeolithic to modern times gives a possibility to classify this individual to the group of so called “Mousterian sapiens”. The find has some traits characteristic of the European Neanderthals and shows a south-western anthropological specifics. It should be stressed, however, that it is difficult to make definite conclusions on the basis of single finds and in the absence of direct dates.

Keywords: Eastern Europe, Azov Sea littoral, Middle Palaeolithic, Rozhok I site, paleoanthropology, human migrations, dental morphology

Information about authors:

Natalia Khaldeeva (Moscow, Russian Federation). Doctor of Historical Sciences. N. N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Lenin Ave., 32-A, Moscow, 119334, Russian Federation.
E-mail: [email protected]
Natalia Kharlamova (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. N. N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Lenin Ave., 32-A, Moscow, 119334, Russian Federation.
E-mail: [email protected]
Alexander Otcherednoy (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dvortsovaya Emb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation.
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