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Open AccessDistinct mandibular premolar crown morphology in Homo naledi and its implications for the evolution of Homo species in southern Africa
Homo naledi displays a combination of features across the skeleton not found in any other hominin taxon, which has hindered attempts to determine its placement within the hominin clade. Using geometric morphometr...
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The position of Australopithecus sediba within fossil hominin hand use diversity
The human lineage is marked by a transition in hand use, from locomotion towards increasingly dexterous manipulation, concomitant with bipedalism. The forceful precision grips used by modern humans probably ev...
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The carnivore guild circa 1.98 million years: biodiversity and implications for the palaeoenvironment at Malapa, South Africa
The Malapa fossil assemblage was likely accumulated as a result of a death trap. Given this, the carnivoran species found there must have lived in proximity, close proximity for the smaller species, to the sit...
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Open AccessMechanical evidence that Australopithecus sediba was limited in its ability to eat hard foods
Australopithecus sediba has been hypothesized to be a close relative of the genus Homo. Here we show that MH1, the type specimen of A. sediba, was not optimized to produce high molar bite force and appears to hav...
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Open AccessDistinct growth of the nasomaxillary complex in Au. sediba
Studies of facial ontogeny in immature hominins have contributed significantly to understanding the evolution of human growth and development. The recently discovered hominin species Autralopithecus sediba is rep...
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Open AccessEvidence of fatal skeletal injuries on Malapa Hominins 1 and 2
Malapa is one of the richest early hominin sites in Africa and the discovery site of the hominin species, Australopithecus sediba. The holotype and paratype (Malapa Hominin 1 and 2, or MH1 and MH2, respectively) ...
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Open AccessThe hand of Homo naledi
A nearly complete right hand of an adult hominin was recovered from the Rising Star cave system, South Africa. Based on associated hominin material, the bones of this hand are attributed to Homo naledi. This hand...
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Many ways to access hominin fossil finds
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Australopithecus sediba from Malapa, South Africa
First discovered in August of 2008, the site of Malapa, South Africa revealed two relatively complete partial skeletons that we assigned to a new species, Australopithecus sediba. Additional indiv...
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The load of the Taung child
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