The evolutionary relationships and age of Homo naledi: An assessment using dated Bayesian phylogenetic methods

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 97, Issue , 2016, Pages 17-26

  Dembo, Mana ^a,b   Radovčić, Davorka ^b,c   Garvin, Heather M ^b,d   Laird, Myra F ^b,e,f   Schroeder, Lauren ^b,g,h   Scott, Jill E ^b,i,j   Brophy, Juliet ^b,k   Ackermann, Rebecca R ^g   Musiba, Chares M ^b,l   de Ruiter, Darryl J ^b,m   Mooers, Arne Ø ^a   Collard, Mark ^a,b,n  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Croatia)

^d MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

ⁱ University of Iowa   (United States)

^j METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^k LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^m TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Bayesian phylogenetic analysis; Dinaledi hominins; Genus Homo; Morphological clock

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CRANIUM; DENTITION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; HOMO ANTECESSOR; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO FLORESIENSIS; HOMO HABILIS; HOMO SAPIENS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84973459566     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.04.008     Document Type: Article

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