Recent origin of low trabecular bone density in modern humans [PDF]
, 2014 Humans are unique, compared with our closest living relatives (chimpanzees) and early fossil hominins, in having an enlarged body size and lower limb joint surfaces in combination with a relatively gracile skeleton (i.e., lower bone mass for our body ...
Bernhard Zipfel +11 more
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Tooth chipping patterns in Archaeolemur provide insight into diet and behavior
American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 180, Issue 2, Page 401-408, February 2023., 2023 Anterior tooth chipping in Archaeolemur. Abstract Objectives Archaeolemur is a recently extinct genus of lemur that is often compared to some Cercopithecidae, especially baboons. This is due in part to their derived dentition, with large anterior teeth and reduced bilophodont molars.
Ian Towle +3 more
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Cortical bone distribution in the femoral neck of Paranthropus robustus
Journal of Human Evolution, 2019 Studies of the australopith (Australopithecus and Paranthropus) proximal femur have increasingly integrated information from the local arrangement of the cortical and cancellous bone to allow functional-biomechanical inferences on the locomotor behavioral patterns.
Cazenave, Marine +10 more
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Mechanisms of tooth damage and Paranthropus dietary reconstruction
Biosurface and Biotribology, 2018 According to the current fossil record, the extinct hominin genus Paranthropus and the genus Homo both first appeared ∼2.7 million years ago. Despite this similarity in geological age, Paranthropus evolved enormous postcanine teeth with very thick enamel
Paul Joseph Constantino +3 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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Middle Pliocene hominin diversity : Australopithecus deyiremeda and Kenyanthropus platyops [PDF]
, 2016 Geometric morphometric shape analyses are used to compare the maxillae of the Kenyanthropus platyops holotype KNM-WT 40000, the Australopithecus deyiremeda holotype BRT-VP-3/1 and other australopiths.
Brunet M +4 more
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Paranthropus boisei: Fifty Years of Evidence and Analysis [PDF]
, 2007 Paranthropus boisei is a hominin taxon with a distinctive cranial and dental morphology. Its hypodigm has been recovered from sites with good stratigraphic and chronological control, and for some morphological regions, such as the mandible and the ...
Constantino, Paul J, Wood, Bernard A
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Intra-individual metameric variation expressed at the enamel-dentine junction of lower post-canine dentition of South African fossil hominins and modern humans [PDF]
, 2017 Objectives The aim of this study is to compare the degree and patterning of inter‐ and intra‐individual metameric variation in South African australopiths, early Homo and modern humans. Metameric variation likely reflects developmental and taxonomical
Bailey +48 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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Experimental Perspective on Fallback Foods and Dietary Adaptations in Early Hominins [PDF]
, 2014 The robust jaws and large, thick-enameled molars of the Plio–Pleistocene hominins Australopithecus and Paranthropus have long been interpreted as adaptations for hard-object feeding.
Jeremiah E. Scott +4 more
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