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New fossils from Kromdraai and Drimolen, South Africa, and their distinctiveness among Paranthropus robustus [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2022
Most fossil hominin species are sampled with spatial, temporal or anatomical biases that can hinder assessments of their paleodiversity, and may not yield genuine evolutionary signals.
José Braga, G. Chinamatira, B. Zipfel, V. Zimmer   +3 more
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On the relationship between maxillary molar root shape and jaw kinematics in Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus robustus [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2018
Plio-Pleistocene hominins from South Africa remain poorly understood. Here, we focus on how Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus robustus exploited and—in part—partitioned their environment.
Kornelius Kupczik, Viviana Toro-Ibacache, Gabriele A. Macho   +2 more
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Hominin fossils from Kromdraai and Drimolen inform Paranthropus robustus craniofacial ontogeny. [PDF]

Sci Adv, 2023
Ontogeny provides critical information about the evolutionary history of early hominin adult morphology. We describe fossils from the southern African sites of Kromdraai and Drimolen that provide insights into early craniofacial development in the Pleistocene robust australopith Paranthropus robustus .
Braga J, Wood BA, Zimmer VA, Moreno B, Miller C, Thackeray JF, Zipfel B, Grine FE.   +7 more
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Molar biomechanical function in South African hominins Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus robustus. [PDF]

Interface Focus, 2021
Diet is a driving force in human evolution. Two species of Plio-Pleistocene hominins,Paranthropus robustusandAustralopithecus africanus, have derived craniomandibular and dental morphologies which are often interpreted asP. robustushaving a more biomechanically challenging diet.
Berthaume MA, Kupczik K.
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Cochlear shape distinguishes southern African early hominin taxa with unique auditory ecologies [PDF]

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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Dietary proclivities of Paranthropus robustus from Swartkrans, South Africa

Anthropological Review, 2015
Pleistocene Paranthropus robustus fossils from Swartkrans have yielded stable isotope values suggesting some foraging on C4 plants possibly including underground storage organs. Dental microwear texture analysis on P.
L’Engle Williams Frank
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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
Thomas W. Davies, Zeresenay Alemseged, Agness Gidna, Jean-Jacques Hublin, William H. Kimbel, Ottmar Kullmer, Fred Spoor, Clément Zanolli, Matthew M. Skinner   +8 more
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Growth and development of the third permanent molar in Paranthropus robustus from Swartkrans, South Africa. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2020
AbstractThird permanent molars (M3s) are the last tooth to form but have not been used to estimate age at dental maturation in early fossil hominins because direct histological evidence for the timing of their growth has been lacking. We investigated an isolated maxillary M3 (SK 835) from the 1.5 to 1.8-million-year-old (Mya) site of Swartkrans, South ...
Dean C, Zanolli C, Le Cabec A, Tawane M, Garrevoet J, Mazurier A, Macchiarelli R.   +6 more
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Complex and diverse patterns of neurocranial development in Australopithecus, Paranthropus and Homo [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Even though poorly understood, early ontogeny may have influenced the distinct morphologies and behaviors of Homo sapiens, fossil hominins and extant African apes.
José Braga, Z. Alemseged, E. Gilissen
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Evaluating the Evolvability of Paranthropus Cranial Morphology in Relation to Feeding Biomechanics. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol
ABSTRACT Objective Although disagreement persists as to the precise nature of the diet of Paranthropus, there is a consensus that the food resources consumed by Paranthropus were in some way mechanically challenging to process (i.e., by being “hard” and/or “tough”).
Jung H, Rolian C, Strait DS, Baab KL.
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