Khartanovich V. I., Moiseyev V. G., Mednikova M. B., Dobrovolskaya M. V., Buzhilova A. P. The Upper Paleolithic Man from Markina gora (Kostenki XIV): results of complex studies // Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia. 2016. No 2. pp 4-17

Human fossils found in a burial in multilayer Upper Paleolithic settlement of Kostenki XIV (Markina Gora) were in the focus of many anthropological and archaeological researches since their discovery in 1954. The reasons of this were perfect preservation of almost complete skeleton, early dating and unusual morphological characteristics of the buried individual. The result of genetic researches of the last decade namely sound evidence of close affinities of K XIV man with Mesolithic and Modern Europeans while absence of close relations with Melanesian or Papuan populations suggested by earlier morphologic researches set new challenges for future studies. In this paper we present the main results of complex morphologic, isotopic, micro X-ray and CT studies of the Markina Gora fossils.

Upper Paleolithic, Kostenki XIV settlement, Markina Gora, cranial metric, osteology, paleopathology, isotopic analysis, paleo-diet