Screen LibraryThe paleobiology of Australopithecus : contributions from the fourth Stony Brook Human Evolution Symposium and Workshop, Diversity in Australopithecus: Tracking the First Bipeds, September 25-28, 2007 /
Australopithecus species have been the topic of much debate in palaeoanthropology since Raymond Dart described the first species, Australopithecus africanus, in 1925. This volume synthesizes the geological and paleontological context of the species in East and South Africa, covers individual sites,...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Dordrecht ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology,
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5919-0 |
| Summary: |
Australopithecus species have been the topic of much debate in palaeoanthropology since Raymond Dart described the first species, Australopithecus africanus, in 1925. This volume synthesizes the geological and paleontological context of the species in East and South Africa, covers individual sites, such as Dikika, Hadar, Sterkfontein, and Malapa, debates the alpha taxonomy of some of the species, and addresses questions of the movements of the species across the continent. Additional chapters discuss the genus in terms of sexual dimorphism, diet reconstruction - using microwear and isotopic methodologies, postural and locomotor behavior, and ontogeny. |
| Item Description: | Includes indexes. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource : ill. |
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9789400759190 (electronic bk.) 9400759193 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | GN283 |
| CLC: | Q91-3 |
| Contents: |
Geological and Paleontological Context -- Age Ranges of Australopithecus Species, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Tanzania / A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective on the Age of Australopithecus in Southern Africa / Reconstructing the Habitats of Australopithecus: Paleoenvironments, Site Taphonomy, and Faunas / Sites and Species -- Australopithecus in Ethiopia / The Alpha Taxonomy of Australopithecus africanus / Australopithecus from Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa / Variation in Mandibular Postcanine Dental Morphology and Hominin Species Representation in Member 4, Sterkfontein, South Africa / Australopithecus sediba from Malapa, South Africa / Biogeography -- Comparative Evolutionary Models and the "Australopith Radiations" / Whence Australopithecus africanus? Comparing the Skulls of South African and East African Australopithecus / The Biogeographic Implications of Early Hominin Phylogeny / Paleobiology -- Sexual Size Dimorphism in Australopithecus: Current Understanding and New Directions / Molar Microwear, Diet and Adaptation in a Purported Hominin Species Lineage from the Pliocene of East Africa / Some Ruminations on Australopith Diets / Postural and Locomotor Adaptations of Australopithecus Species / Shoulder Morphology in Early Hominin Evolution / Age and Sex Differences in the Locomotor Skeleton of Australopithecus / |