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Reappraising the palaeobiology of Australopithecus
Nature, 2023The naming of Australopithecus africanus in 1925, based on the Taung Child, heralded a new era in human evolutionary studies and turned the attention of the then Eurasian-centric palaeoanthropologists to Africa, albeit with reluctance. Almost one hundred years later, Africa is recognized as the cradle of humanity, where the entire evolutionary history ...
Zeresenay Alemseged
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Limb-size proportions in Australopithecus afarensis and Australopithecus africanus
Journal of Human Evolution, 2007Previous analyses have suggested that Australopithecus africanus possessed more apelike limb proportions than Australopithecus afarensis. However, due to the errors involved in estimating limb length and body size, support for this conclusion has been limited. In this study, we use a new Monte Carlo method to (1) test the hypothesis that A.
David J, Green +2 more
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Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, 2021
AbstractThe announcement of a fossilized child's skull discovered in a quarry in 1924 sub‐Saharan Africa might not have seemed destined to be a classic paper. This contribution focuses on anatomist Raymond Dart's 1925 paper in which he designated the Taungs skull the type specimen of Australopithecus africanus.
Paige Madison, Bernard Wood
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AbstractThe announcement of a fossilized child's skull discovered in a quarry in 1924 sub‐Saharan Africa might not have seemed destined to be a classic paper. This contribution focuses on anatomist Raymond Dart's 1925 paper in which he designated the Taungs skull the type specimen of Australopithecus africanus.
Paige Madison, Bernard Wood
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Metacarpal proportions in Australopithecus africanus
Journal of Human Evolution, 2008Recent work has shown that, despite being craniodentally more derived, Australopithecus africanus had more apelike limb-size proportions than A. afarensis. Here, we test whether the A. africanus hand, as judged by metacarpal shaft and articular proportions, was similarly apelike. More specifically, did A.
David J, Green, Adam D, Gordon
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American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1973
AbstractA biomechanical analysis of the pelvic and femoral samples available forAustralopithecusis presented. No feature of these samples was found to distinguish their gait pattern from that of modern man or to differ in the two presently recognized allomorphs ofAustralopithecus.Morphological differences betweenAustralopithecusand modern man appear to
C O, Lovejoy, K G, Heiple, A H, Burstein
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AbstractA biomechanical analysis of the pelvic and femoral samples available forAustralopithecusis presented. No feature of these samples was found to distinguish their gait pattern from that of modern man or to differ in the two presently recognized allomorphs ofAustralopithecus.Morphological differences betweenAustralopithecusand modern man appear to
C O, Lovejoy, K G, Heiple, A H, Burstein
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The diet of Australopithecus sediba
Nature, 2012Specimens of Australopithecus sediba from the site of Malapa, South Africa (dating from approximately 2 million years (Myr) ago) present a mix of primitive and derived traits that align the taxon with other Australopithecus species and with early Homo. Although much of the available cranial and postcranial material of Au. sediba has been described, its
Henry, A. ; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2923-4199 +8 more
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Ear ossicle of Australopithecus robustus
Nature, 1979WE report here the discovery of the first ear ossicle, an incus, of a Plio–Pleistocene hominid. It is substantially different from that of modern man, and the dissimilarity exceeds that between the ear bones of Homo sapiens and of the African apes. The new incus is of interest particularly in view of the unique advantages that ear ossicles have for ...
Y, Rak, R J, Clarke
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Protostylid variation in Australopithecus
Journal of Human Evolution, 2004Recent advances in computed tomography (CT) and genetics provide new insights into the morphology and biology of anatomical traits, particularly in the dentition. As we move towards a fuller understanding of the genetic and developmental bases for dental traits, we need to reassess the taxonomic and evolutionary variation of established characters ...
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Brain size growth in Australopithecus
Journal of Human Evolution, 2019Postnatal growth is one of the proximate means by which humans attain massive adult brain size. Humans are characterized by the maintenance of prenatal brain growth rates into the first postnatal year, as well as an overall extended period of growth.
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Australopithecus afarensis (1978)
1982Die Talente und Ambitionen von Dr. Donald Johanson, dem heute wohl fuhrenden Vertreter der Theorie, das die Menschheit sich erst kurzlich aus dem Australopithecus entwickelt hat, trugen entscheidend zum Erfolg der internationalen Expeditionen bei, die zwischen 1973 und 1977 250 hominide Fossilien in den Schluchten und Nebentalern des Hadar-Flusses im ...
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