Evaluation of the hypothesis of the Monster of Troy vase as the earliest artistic record of a vertebrate fossil
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| Médium: | artículo original |
| Stav: | Versión publicada |
| Datum vydání: | 2020 |
| Popis: | The Monster of Troy, depicted in a 6th Century BC Corinthian vase, has been proposed to be the earliest artistic record of a vertebrate fossil, possibly a Miocene giraffe (Samotherium sp.). The purpose of the paper was to analyze the giraffe hypothesis using four approaches: a double-blind random design in which 78 biologists compared the vase skull with Samotherium and several reptiles; an informed survey of 30 art and science students who critically assessed the hypothesis based on images of candidate species; an objective computerized mathematical comparison of the images; and a detailed morphological comparison of the skulls. All of the participants rejected the giraffe hypothesis. The types of eyes and teeth unambiguously discard a mammal, whether fossil or living, as the model. The model was most likely an extant carnivorous reptile of the Varanidae family. |
| Země: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Instituce: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Jazyk: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/12556 |
| On-line přístup: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/uniciencia/article/view/12556 |
| Klíčové slovo: | Samotherium Oxydactylus Greek art zoological representations ancient fauna arte griego representaciones zoológicas fauna antigua |