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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The Meaning of Mangabey Molars (And Premolars). [PDF]
Evol AnthropolABSTRACT 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.
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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 +5 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 +7 more
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Homo sapiens, industrialisation and the environmental mismatch hypothesis. [PDF]
Biol Rev Camb Philos SocABSTRACT For the vast majority of the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens, a range of natural environments defined the parameters within which selection shaped human biology. Although human‐induced alterations to the terrestrial biosphere have been evident for over 10,000 years, the pace and scale of change has accelerated dramatically since the onset
Longman DP, Shaw CN.
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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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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 +3 more
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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
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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
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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
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