Australopithecus sediba: A New Species of Homo-Like Australopith from South Africa

Science

Volumn 328, Issue 5975, 2010, Pages 195-204

  Berger, Lee R ^a   De Ruiter, Darryl J ^a,b   Churchill, Steven E ^a,c   Schmid, Peter ^a,d   Carlson, Kristian J ^a,e   Dirks, Paul H G M ^a,f   Kibii, Job M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; CAVE DEPOSIT; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; NEW SPECIES; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SKELETON;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL ANIMAL; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BONE AND BONES; DENTITION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; MALE; MANDIBLE; SKELETON; SKULL; SOUTH AFRICA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS;

EID: 77950842807     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1184944     Document Type: Article

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