Relative tooth size, Bayesian inference, and Homo naledi
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Volume 176, Issue 2, Page 262-282, October 2021., 2021 Abstract Objectives Size‐corrected tooth crown measurements were used to estimate phenetic affinities among Homo naledi (~335–236 ka) and 11 other Plio‐Pleistocene and recent species. To assess further their efficacy, and identify dental evolutionary trends, the data were then quantitatively coded for phylogenetic analyses.
Joel D. Irish, Mark Grabowski
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Cave sedimentation processes in the Homo naledi-bearing Rising Star Cave, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa [PDF]
, 2021 Jelle Wiersma studied the sedimentary process occurring in the Homo naledi-bearing Rising Star Cave in South Africa. He found that the cave sediments entered the cave between 600-150 ka and that they are locally sourced from the nearby, but migrating ...
Wiersma, Jelle Pouwel
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‘Welc(h)omo Naledi’! What does our newest relative have to say to us?
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016 The new hominin fossil called Homo naledi that was discovered 2 years ago in the Dinaledi Chamber (South Africa) was welcomed into the species of human relatives on 10 September 2015. Welcomed?
Daniël P. Veldsman
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New genetic and morphological evidence suggests a single hoaxer created ‘Piltdown man’ [PDF]
, 2016 In 1912, palaeontologist Arthur Smith Woodward and amateur antiquarian and solicitor Charles Dawson announced the discovery of a fossil that supposedly provided a link between apes and humans: Eoanthropus dawsoni (Dawson's dawn man).
Abbas, Rizwaan +15 more
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Geological and taphonomic context for the new hominin species Homo naledi from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa [PDF]
, 2018 : We describe the physical context of the Dinaledi Chamber within the Rising Star cave, South Africa, which contains the fossils of Homo naledi.
Dirks, Paul HGM, Jan D Kramers
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Australopithecus afarensis endocasts suggest ape-like brain organization and prolonged brain growth
, 2020 Human brains are three times larger, are organized differently, and mature for a longer period of time than those of our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees. Together, these characteristics are important for human cognition and social behavior, but
Alemseged, Z. +8 more
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Naledi : an example of how natural phenomena can inspire metaphysical assumptions [PDF]
, 2017 : A new fossil site was discovered in the Rising Star Cave in 2013 in the Cradle of Humankind in South Africa. This site which has yielded 1550 hominin bones so far is considered to be one of the richest palaeoanthropological sites in the world.
Durand, François
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Morphological affinities of Homo naledi with other Plio-Pleistocene hominins: a phenetic approach
Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasRecent fossil material found in Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa, was initially described as a new species of genus Homo, namely Homo naledi. The original study of this new material has pointed to a close proximity with Homo erectus.
WALTER A. NEVES +2 more
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Linear enamel hypoplasia in Homo naledi reappraised in light of new Retzius periodicities
American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 184, Issue 3, July 2024.Abstract Objectives Among low‐latitude apes, developmental defects of enamel often recur twice yearly, linkable to environmental cycles. Surprisingly, teeth of Homo naledi from Rising Star in South Africa (241–335 kya), a higher latitude site with today a single rainy season, also exhibit bimodally distributed hypoplastic enamel defects, but with ...
Mark Fretson Skinner +3 more
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