A hominin first rib discovered at the Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 112, Issue 5-6, 2016, Pages

  Tawane, Gaokgatlhe ^a   García Martínez, Daniel ^a,b,c   Eyre, Jennifer ^d,e   Bastir, Markus ^a,b   Berger, Lee ^a   Schmid, Peter ^a,g   Nalla, Shahed ^a,f   Williams, Scott A ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Australopithecus africanus; Gauteng Province; Geometric morphometrics; Rib cage; Upper thorax

Indexed keywords

BONE; CAVE; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOMETRY; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY;

GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA; STERKFONTEIN;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA;

EID: 84984678149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19967489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2016/20150278     Document Type: Article

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