Homo luzonensis and the role of homoplasy in the morphology of hominin insular species. [PDF]
CladisticsAbstract Homo luzonensis lived during the upper Pleistocene in the northern Philippines, east of the Wallace line. The few specimens attributed to this species show a mosaic of plesiomorphies for the genus Homo and apomorphies found in upper Pleistocene Homo species.
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Enamel proteins reveal biological sex and genetic variability within southern African Paranthropus
, 2023 The evolutionary relationships among extinct African hominin taxa are highly debated and largely unresolved, due in part to a lack of molecular data. Even within taxa, it is not always clear, based on morphology alone, whether ranges of variation are due
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Problems with paranthropus [PDF]
, 2023 Carbon isotopic analysis has been challenging our ideas about hominin diet for nearly 30 years. The first study in 1994 revealed that Paranthropus robustus from South Africa consumed principally C3 foods (e.g., tree fruits and leaves) but also about 25 ...
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Using Bovid Tribe Proportions to Reconstruct Paleoenvironments of Eastern African Paranthropus [PDF]
, 2023 There are conflicting theories about the eating habits and corresponding environmental needs of Paranthropus boisei and Paranthropus aethiopicus, two species of extinct hominins that existed ~2.8 to ~1 Ma in eastern Africa.
Day, Lisa
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Australopithecus oder Plesianthropus oder Paranthropus? [PDF]
Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart, 1951 Kein Abstract verfügbar.
H. Weinert
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Accessory cusp expression at the enamel-dentine junction of hominin mandibular molars [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Studies of hominin dental morphology frequently consider accessory cusps on the lower molars, in particular those on the distal margin of the tooth (C6 or distal accessory cusp) and the lingual margin of the tooth (C7 or lingual accessory cusp). They are
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Reading hominin life history in fossil bones and teeth: methods to test hypotheses regarding its evolution. [PDF]
Biol Rev Camb Philos SocABSTRACT Human life history is derived compared to that of our closest living relatives, the great apes. It has been suggested that these derived traits are causally related to aspects of our ecology, social behaviour and cognitive abilities. However, resolving this requires that we know the evolutionary trajectory of our distinctive pattern of growth,
Cerrito P, Burkart JM, van Schaik C.
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Examining the craniofacial biomechanics of Paranthropus boisei [PDF]
, 2015 An engineering method, finite element analysis (FEA), was used to examine the craniofacial biomechanics of Paranthropus boisei. The craniofacial morphology of Paranthropus boisei exhibits a number of highly derived characteristics that have commonly ...
Smith, Amanda L.
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Taxonomic identification of Lower Pleistocene fossil hominins based on distal humeral diaphyseal cross-sectional shape [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 The coexistence of multiple hominin species during the Lower Pleistocene has long presented a challenge for taxonomic attribution of isolated postcrania.
Michael R. Lague
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Enamel proteins reveal biological sex and genetic variability in southern African <i>Paranthropus</i>. [PDF]
ScienceParanthropus robustus is a morphologically well-documented Early Pleistocene hominin species from southern Africa with no genetic evidence reported so far.
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