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Sacrum morphology supports taxonomic heterogeneity of “Australopithecus africanus” at Sterkfontein Member 4

Communications Biology, 2021
Fornai et al. present a geometric morphometric study of the sacrum in two alleged Australopithecus africanus specimens from Sterkfontein Member 4, South Africa. By comparing the two fossil hominins to a diverse sample of modern humans and great apes, the
Cinzia Fornai, Viktoria A. Krenn, Philipp Mitteroecker, Nicole M. Webb, Martin Haeusler   +4 more
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The first hominin from the early Pleistocene paleocave of Haasgat, South Africa [PDF]

PeerJ, 2016
Haasgat is a primate-rich fossil locality in the northeastern part of the Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here we report the first hominin identified from Haasgat, a partial maxillary molar (HGT 500), that was recovered ...
AB Leece, Anthony D.T. Kegley, Rodrigo S. Lacruz, Andy I.R. Herries, Jason Hemingway, Lazarus Kgasi, Stephany Potze, Justin W. Adams   +7 more
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Homoplasy in the evolution of modern human-like joint proportions in Australopithecus afarensis

eLife, 2021
The evolution of bipedalism and reduced reliance on arboreality in hominins resulted in larger lower limb joints relative to the joints of the upper limb. The pattern and timing of this transition, however, remains unresolved.
Anjali M Prabhat, Catherine K Miller, Thomas Cody Prang, Jeffrey Spear, Scott A Williams, Jeremy M DeSilva   +5 more
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Becoming a hominid: Notes on the early taxonomy of Australopithecus [PDF]

, 2000
The paper attempts to trace the first suggestions that the Australopithecus should be classified as a hominid. It would appear that the first classification of Australopithecus as a member of the family Hominidae is to be found in the works of the German
Štrkalj, Goran
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Dietary proclivities of Paranthropus robustus from Swartkrans, South Africa

Anthropological Review, 2015
Pleistocene Paranthropus robustus fossils from Swartkrans have yielded stable isotope values suggesting some foraging on C4 plants possibly including underground storage organs. Dental microwear texture analysis on P.
L’Engle Williams Frank
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Lucy's flat feet: the relationship between the ankle and rearfoot arching in early hominins.

PLoS ONE, 2010
BackgroundIn the Plio-Pleistocene, the hominin foot evolved from a grasping appendage to a stiff, propulsive lever. Central to this transition was the development of the longitudinal arch, a structure that helps store elastic energy and stiffen the foot ...
Jeremy M DeSilva, Zachary J Throckmorton
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Morphological correlates of distal fibular morphology with locomotion in great apes, humans, and Australopithecus afarensis [PDF]

, 2022
OBJECTIVES: Recent studies highlighted the importance of the fibula to further our understanding of locomotor adaptations in fossil hominins. In this study, we present a three‐dimensional geometric morphometric (3D‐GM) investigation of the distal fibula ...
Bastir, M, García-Martínez, Daniel, Andreas Rimoldi, Damiano Marchi, Marchi, Damiano, Marchi, D, Bastir, Markus, Daniel García‐Martínez, Garcia-Martinez, D, Rimoldi, Andreas, García‐Martínez, Daniel, Markus Bastir, Rimoldi, A   +12 more
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Trabecular evidence for a human-like gait in Australopithecus africanus. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Although the earliest known hominins were apparently upright bipeds, there has been mixed evidence whether particular species of hominins including those in the genus Australopithecus walked with relatively extended hips, knees and ankles like modern ...
Meir M Barak, Daniel E Lieberman, David Raichlen, Herman Pontzer, Anna G Warrener, Jean-Jacques Hublin   +5 more
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Australopithecus afarensis endocasts suggest ape-like brain organization

, 2020
Debates about evidence for brain reorganization in Australopithecus have often focused on the position of the lunate sulcus, ever since Raymond Dart’s seminal description of the Taung child’s natural endocranial imprint in 1925.
Neubauer, Simon, Spoor, Fred, Kimbel, William H, Le Cabec, Adeline, Gunz, Philipp, Falk, Dean, Smith, Tanya M, Alemseged, Zeresenay, Tafforeau, Paul   +8 more
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Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa [PDF]

, 2015
Homo naledi is a previously-unknown species of extinct hominin discovered within the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa.
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