Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa

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  Berger, Lee R ^a   Hawks, John ^a,b   de Ruiter, Darryl J ^a,c   Churchill, Steven E ^a,d   Schmid, Peter ^a,e   Delezene, Lucas K ^a,f   Kivell, Tracy L ^a,g,h   Garvin, Heather M ^a,i   Williams, Scott A ^a,j,k   DeSilva, Jeremy M ^a,l   Skinner, Matthew M ^a,g,h   Musiba, Charles M ^a,m   Cameron, Noel ^a,n   Holliday, Trenton W ^a,o   Harcourt Smith, William ^a,p,q   Ackermann, Rebecca R ^r   Bastir, Markus ^a,s   Bogin, Barry ^a,n   Bolter, Debra ^a,t   Brophy, Juliet ^a,u   Cofran, Zachary D ^a,v   Congdon, Kimberly A ^a,w   Deane, Andrew S ^a,x   Dembo, Mana ^a,y   Drapeau, Michelle ^z   Elliott, Marina C ^a,y   Feuerriegel, Elen M ^a,aa   Garcia Martinez, Daniel ^a,s,ab   Green, David J ^a,ac   Gurtov, Alia ^a,b   Irish, Joel D ^a,ad   Kruger, Ashley ^a   Laird, Myra F ^a,j,k   Marchi, Damiano ^a,ae   Meyer, Marc R ^a,af   Nalla, Shahed ^a,ag   Negash, Enquye W ^a,ah   Orr, Caley M ^a,ai   Radovcic, Davorka ^a,aj   Schroeder, Lauren ^a,r   Scott, Jill E ^a,ak   Throckmorton, Zachary ^a,al   Tocheri, Matthew W ^am,an   VanSickle, Caroline ^a,b   Walker, Christopher S ^a,d   Wei, Pianpian ^a,ao   Zipfel, Bernhard ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

^j NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology   (United States)

^l Dartmouth College   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

ⁿ LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^o TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^q DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^s MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^t Modesto Junior College   (United States)

^u LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v NAZARBAYEV UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

^w University of Missouri   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^y SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^z UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^aa AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^ab UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^ac MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ad LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^af Chaffey College   (United States)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^ah GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^aj CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Croatia)

^ak University of Iowa   (United States)

^al Lincoln Memorial University   (United States)

^am SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^an LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^ao INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; DENTITION; DIAPHYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMUR; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HOMINID; HOMO FLORESIENSIS; HOMO NALEDI; MANDIBLE; NEW SPECIES; SKELETON; SKULL; TIBIA; TOOTH SIZE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84942027491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.09560     Document Type: Article

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