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Macromammalian faunas, biochronology and palaeoecology of the early Pleistocene Main Quarry hominin-bearing deposits of the Drimolen Palaeocave System, South Africa [PDF]

PeerJ, 2016
The Drimolen Palaeocave System Main Quarry deposits (DMQ) are some of the most prolific hominin and primate-bearing deposits in the Fossil Hominids of South Africa UNESCO World Heritage Site. Discovered in the 1990s, excavations into the DMQ have yielded
Justin W. Adams, Douglass S. Rovinsky, Andy I.R. Herries, Colin G. Menter   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Atlas of cortical sulcal imprints on Pan endocasts. [PDF]

J Anat
This comprehensive atlas documents the frequency, position, and variability of cortical sulcal imprints across 21 extant Pan endocasts, providing the first quantitative baseline for comparative paleoneurology. This atlas serves as a reference for distinguishing ancestral from derived features in hominin brain evolution.
de Jager EJ, Gilissen E, Risser L, Amiez C, Fonta C, Mescam M, Beaudet A.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Impacted Bones: Can Extant Primates Help Identify Tool Use in Early Hominins? [PDF]

Evol Anthropol
ABSTRACT Despite recent advances pushing back the earliest record of tool use, how and when it first emerged in hominins, and the extent to which it featured amongst the numerous co‐existing species, remain critical questions in paleoanthropology. In addition to analyzing fossils and lithic toolkits, novel strides in understanding this might be made by
Hurwitz RM, Almeida-Warren K, Carvalho S, Püschel TA.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Fossil mammals from the Gondolin Dump A ex situ hominin deposits, South Africa [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
The Gondolin palaeokarstic system, located in the UNESCO Fossil Hominids of South Africa World Heritage Site, has been sporadically excavated since the 1970s. Sampling of ex situ dumpsites in 1997 recovered the only two fossil hominin specimens recovered
Justin W. Adams
doaj   +2 more sources

What Is the Acheulean? [PDF]

Evol Anthropol
ABSTRACT The Acheulean represents the longest cultural period known to human history, lasting globally for more than 1.75 million years. It may have emerged as early as 1.95 Ma in Africa, spreading throughout much of the continent and then into Eurasia and lasting up to 350–200 ka in western Europe and South Asia, and even later in eastern Asia ...
Moncel MH, Cucart-Mora C, Arzarello M, Ashton N, Baena J, Barsky D, de la Torre I, Galanidou N, García-Medrano P, Hertler C, Herzlinger G, Ingicco T, Li H, Ma D, Mosquera M, Ollé A, Pappu S, Pei S, Tian C, Wang W, Bae CJ.   +20 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The inner ear of the Paranthropus specimen DNH 22 from Drimolen, South Africa [PDF]

, 2019
OBJECTIVES : Morphological variation within the southern African hypodigm of Paranthropus has been the focus of major interest since the earliest discoveries in the “Cradle of Humankind.” Given the relevance of the bony labyrinth for investigating fossil
Beaudet, Amelie
core   +1 more source

Contracting eastern African C4 grasslands during the extinction of Paranthropus boisei

Scientific Reports, 2021
The extinction of the Paranthropus boisei estimated to just before 1 Ma occurred when C4 grasslands dominated landscapes of the Eastern African Rift System (EARS). P.
Rhonda L. Quinn, Christopher J. Lepre
doaj   +1 more source

Quantitative Analysis of Occlusal Microwear in Australopithecus and Paranthropus [PDF]

, 1986
Quantitative analysis of microwear features preserved on the occlusal surfaces of the M2s of southern African specimens of Australopithecus and Paranthropus (the so-called \u27gracile\u27 and \u27robust\u27 australopithecines) reveals that there is no ...
Grine, Frederick E.
core   +1 more source

Expanded geographic distribution and dietary strategies of the earliest Oldowan hominins and Paranthropus

, 2023
The oldest Oldowan tool sites, from around 2.6 million years ago, have previously been confined to Ethiopia\u27s Afar Triangle. We describe sites at Nyayanga, Kenya, dated to 3.032 to 2.581 million years ago and expand this distribution by over 1300 ...
Reeves JS, Frouin M, Bailey SE, Lane TP, Whitfield E, Finestone EM, Herries AIR, Potts R, Lemorini C, Kinyanjui RN, Frost SR, Oliver JS, Braun DR, Louys J, Nomade S, Lamela-Lopez R, Ditchfield PW, Bartilol SK, Early EDG, Caricola I, Onyango B, He H, Hertel F, Bishop LC, Li Y, Vincent TH, Rotich NK, Forrest FL, Wilson EP, Plummer TW, Parkinson JA, Blumenthal SA   +31 more
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The Meaning of Mangabey Molars (And Premolars). [PDF]

Evol Anthropol
ABSTRACT The postcanine teeth of mangabeys (members of Cercocebus and Lophocebus) have figured prominently in discussions about the relationship between hard‐object feeding and dental form. Grey‐cheeked mangabeys (Lophocebus albigena) and sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) both have thickly enameled posterior teeth.
Guatelli-Steinberg D, Scott McGraw W.
europepmc   +2 more sources