Mandibular remains support taxonomic validity of Australopithecus sediba

Science

Volumn 340, Issue 6129, 2013, Pages 1232997-

  De Ruiter, Darryl J ^a,b   DeWitt, Thomas J ^a   Carlson, Keely B ^a   Brophy, Juliet K ^a,b,c   Schroeder, Lauren ^d   Ackermann, Rebecca R ^d   Churchill, Steven E ^b,e   Berger, Lee R ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; HOMINID; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; SKELETON; TAXONOMY; DENTITION; FOSSIL RECORD; SIZE;

ALVEOLAR BONE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALOPITHECUS SEDIBA; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DENTITION; FOSSIL HOMININ; HOMINID; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; SKULL; TAXONOMY; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; BODY BUILD; BODY GROWTH; BODY SIZE; FOSSIL HOMINID; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; ONTOGENY;

GAUTENG; MALAPA; SOUTH AFRICA;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS;

EID: 84876333057     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1232997     Document Type: Article

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