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Further assessment of a ~2-million-year-old hominin pelvis (DNH 43) from Drimolen Main Quarry, South Africa

South African Journal of Science
The palaeocave site of Drimolen Main Quarry (DMQ) in Gauteng Province, South Africa, has produced fossil hominin material dating to 2.04–1.95 Ma, including craniodental remains attributed to Paranthropus robustus and the earliest specimen of Homo ...
Ellie Berg, Ashley S. Hammond, Anna G. Warrener, Mary Shirley Mitchell, Matthew W. Tocheri, Stephanie E. Baker, Andy I.R. Herries, David S. Strait, Caley M. Orr   +8 more
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The Feeding Biomechanics and Dietary Ecology of Paranthropus boisei [PDF]

, 2015
The African Plio‐Pleistocene hominins known as australopiths evolved derived craniodental features frequently interpreted as adaptations for feeding on either hard, or compliant/tough foods.
Michael, S., Strait, D., Tamvada, K., Madden, R., Shekeban, A., Richmond, B., Smith, A., Spencer, M., Wang, Q, Byron, C., Berthaume, M., Pryor Smith, L., Wright, B., van Casteren, A., Slice, D., Dzialo, C., Al-Fadhalah, K., Wood, S., Ross, C., Dechow, P., Lucas, P., Almusallam, A, Benazzi, S, Ledogar, J., Weber, G., Grosse, I.   +25 more
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Microtomographic Archive of Hominin Fossils from the Swartkrans Formation, South Africa (1948-1967)

PaleoAnthropology
Since initial excavations in 1948, the site of Swartkrans, located in the ‘Cradle of Humankind,’ South Africa has yielded hundreds of fossil hominin specimens belonging to species of Paranthropus, Homo, and possibly Australopithecus.
Matthew Skinner, Mykolas Imbrasas, Robert Martin, Mirriam Tawane, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Travis Rayne Pickering, Darryl de Ruiter   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Equidae from Cooper’s D, an early Pleistocene fossil locality in Gauteng, South Africa [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Cooper’s D is a fossil locality in the Bloubank Valley close to other important sites such as Sterkfontein and Kromdraai in Gauteng, South Africa. The fossil deposits of Cooper’s D date to 1.38 ± 0.11 Ma.
Shaw Badenhorst, Christine M. Steininger
doaj   +2 more sources

Homo sapiens, industrialisation and the environmental mismatch hypothesis. [PDF]

Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc
ABSTRACT 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.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Paranthropus boisei

, 2015
Paranthropus boisei Samples from the Omo Shungura sequence, East Lake Turkana, Olduvai Gorge and Konso were included in this study. Original specimens from Olduvai Gorge and East Lake Turkana were examined first-hand, while casts and published reports
Bernhard Zipfel, Andrew S Deane, Zachary D Cofran, Mana Dembo, Damiano Marchi, Marc R Meyer, Enquye W Negash, Lee R Berger, William Harcourt-Smith, Matthew W Tocheri, Heather M Garvin, David J Green, Alia Gurtov, Barry Bogin, Matthew M Skinner, Davorka Radovcic, Joel D Irish, Peter Schmid, Noel Cameron, Myra F Laird, Juliet Brophy, Caley M Orr, Zachary Throckmorton, Pianpian Wei, Kimberly A Congdon, Scott A Williams, Lucas K Delezene, Lauren Schroeder, Caroline VanSickle, Michelle Drapeau, Steven E Churchill, Jill E Scott, Charles M Musiba, Shahed Nalla, Marina C Elliott, Tracy L Kivell, Rebecca R Ackermann, Ashley Kruger, Christopher S Walker, Markus Bastir, Trenton W Holliday, Debra Bolter, Darryl J de Ruiter, , Elen M Feuerriegel, Jeremy M DeSilva, John Hawks, Daniel Garcia-Martinez   +46 more
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The fossil record stays silent: Confusions and conundrums for hominin pelvis evolution

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The evolution of the hominin pelvis is commonly modeled as a series of stages driven largely by the requirements of bipedal locomotion, reproduction, thermoregulation, and pelvic floor muscular support. These patterns are complicated by variation in canal dimensions in relationship with different changes in overall pelvic breadths. To quantify
Helen K. Kurki, Cara M. Wall‐Scheffler
wiley   +1 more source

Cochlear shape distinguishes southern African early hominin taxa with unique auditory ecologies

Scientific Reports, 2021
Insights into potential differences among the bony labyrinths of Plio-Pleistocene hominins may inform their evolutionary histories and sensory ecologies.
J. Braga, C. Samir, A. Fradi, Y. Feunteun, K. Jakata, V. A. Zimmer, B. Zipfel, J. F. Thackeray, M. Macé, B. A. Wood, F. E. Grine   +10 more
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The “costly son” hypothesis: Sons exacerbate obstetrical dilemmas in humans and other mammals

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Human childbirth has often been considered uniquely difficult among mammals, yet recent evidence suggests that obstructed labor and fetopelvic disproportion are widespread across placental mammals. Here, we propose the “costly son” hypothesis: because male offspring are typically larger at birth, they impose greater obstetric risk on mothers ...
Nicole D. S. Grunstra, Jonathan C. K. Wells   +1 more
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New Additions to the Paranthropus boisei Mandibular Hypodigm from Koobi Fora, Kenya

PaleoAnthropology
After teeth, mandibles and mandibular fragments are the best represented element in the early hominin fossil record. Among these, the mandibular hypodigm of Paranthropus boisei is the largest ascribed to a single early hominin species, counting 39 ...
Lucia Nadal, Louise Leakey, Meave Leakey, Marta Mirazón Lahr   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source