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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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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The dental enamel proteome of Paranthropus robustus
, 2023 International audienceIt has been consistently observed that protein fragments survive beyond the diagenetic limits of DNA, allowing for the recovery of biomolecular information deeper in time, even from temperate and subtropical climates ...
Hlazo, Nomawethu +14 more
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Dental caries in South African fossil hominins
South African Journal of Science, 2021 Once considered rare in fossil hominins, caries has recently been reported in several hominin species, requiring a new assessment of this condition during human evolution.
Ian Towle +4 more
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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
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Feeling a bit peckish: Seasonal and opportunistic insectivory for wild gorillas
American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 182, Issue 2, Page 210-223, October 2023., 2023 Abstract Objectives Insectivory likely contributed to survival of early humans in diverse conditions and influenced human cognitive evolution through the need to develop harvesting tools. In living primates, insectivory is a widespread behavior and frequently seasonal, although previous studies do not always agree on reasons behind this.
Claire Auger +6 more
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A tooth crown morphology framework for interpreting the diversity of primate dentitions
Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, Volume 32, Issue 5, Page 240-255, October 2023., 2023 Abstract Variation in tooth crown morphology plays a crucial role in species diagnoses, phylogenetic inference, and the reconstruction of the evolutionary history of the primate clade. While a growing number of studies have identified developmental mechanisms linked to tooth size and cusp patterning in mammalian crown morphology, it is unclear (1) to ...
Simon A. Chapple, Matthew M. Skinner
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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 ...
Sponheimer, Matt +4 more
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Hard-object feeding in sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) and interpretation of early hominin feeding ecology. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Morphology of the dentofacial complex of early hominins has figured prominently in the inference of their dietary adaptations. Recent theoretical analysis of craniofacial morphology of Australopithecus africanus proposes that skull form in this taxon ...
David J Daegling +5 more
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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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