Chancelade man

Japanese: シャンスラード人 - しゃんすらーどじん(英語表記)Chancelade man
Chancelade man

This late Paleolithic human bone was excavated in 1888 from the rock shelter of Chancelade, 6 km northeast of Périgueux in the Dordogne in southern France. It was discovered by M. Hardy and others. They also brought with them cold-climate animal fossils and artifacts from the Madeleine culture. It is a nearly complete human skeleton of a middle-aged man. L. Testud, who examined it, said that the bones of the individual resembled Cro-Magnons in general, but that they resembled Eskimos in terms of their long head, large cheekbones, and thick mandibular rami. This meant that Eskimo-like humans lived in Europe during the Ice Age, and they were called the Chancelade race. However, the specimen was poorly preserved, and recent research suggests that it was misidentified and exaggerated, so the name remains merely a corner of the history of ancient human bone discoveries.

[Shise Kahara]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

南フランス、ドルドーニュのペリグー市の北東6キロメートルにあるシャンスラードの岩陰(いわかげ)遺跡から、1888年に出土した後期旧石器時代人骨。発見者はM・ハーディら。寒地性動物化石およびマドレーヌ文化遺物を伴出した。ほぼ全身的な壮年男性人骨である。これを調べたL・テステューは、本人骨は全般的にはクロマニョン人に似るが、長頭で、頬骨(ほおぼね)が大きく、下顎(かがく)枝が厚いという点で、エスキモーに似ているとした。このことは氷河時代のヨーロッパにエスキモー様人類が生息したということになり、シャンスラード人種とよばれた。しかし、この標本は保存が悪く、最近の研究では、それは誤認・誇大化していると考えられ、その名は古人骨発見史の一隅にとどまるだけである。

[香原志勢]

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