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The Australopithecus assemblage from Sterkfontein Member 4 (South Africa) and the concept of variation in palaeontology.
| العنوان: | The Australopithecus assemblage from Sterkfontein Member 4 (South Africa) and the concept of variation in palaeontology. |
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| المؤلفون: | Beaudet, Amélie |
| المساهمون: | Laboratoire de paléontologie, évolution, paléoécosystèmes, paléoprimatologie UMR 7262 (Palevoprim Poitiers ), Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers (UP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg (WITS), University of Cambridge UK (CAM) |
| المصدر: | ISSN: 1060-1538. |
| بيانات النشر: | HAL CCSD Wiley |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | Université de Poitiers: Publications de nos chercheurs.ses (HAL) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Cradle of Humankind, Plio-Pleistocene, anagenesis, early hominins, morphological variation, MESH: Animals, MESH: Paleontology, MESH: South Africa, MESH: Fossils, MESH: Hominidae* / anatomy & histology, MESH: Sex Characteristics, [SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology, [SHS.ANTHRO-BIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Biological anthropology |
| الوصف: | International audience ; Interpreting morphological variation within the early hominin fossil record is particularly challenging. Apart from the fact that there is no absolute threshold for defining species boundaries in palaeontology, the degree of variation related to sexual dimorphism, temporal depth, geographic variation or ontogeny is difficult to appreciate in a fossil taxon mainly represented by fragmentary specimens, and such variation could easily be conflated with taxonomic diversity. One of the most emblematic examples in paleoanthropology is the Australopithecus assemblage from the Sterkfontein Caves in South Africa. Whereas some studies support the presence of multiple Australopithecus species at Sterkfontein, others explore alternative hypotheses to explain the morphological variation within the hominin assemblage. In this review, I briefly summarize the ongoing debates surrounding the interpretation of morphological variation at Sterkfontein Member 4 before exploring two promising avenues that would deserve specific attention in the future, that is, temporal depth and nonhuman primate diversity. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/36632711; PUBMED: 36632711 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/evan.21972 |
| الاتاحة: | https://hal.science/hal-04674198 https://hal.science/hal-04674198v1/document https://hal.science/hal-04674198v1/file/Evolutionary%20Anthropology%20-%202023%20-%20Beaudet%20-%20The%20Australopithecus%20assemblage%20from%20Sterkfontein%20Member%204%20%20South%20Africa%20%20and.pdf https://doi.org/10.1002/evan.21972 |
| Rights: | info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.C4E3913D |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1002/evan.21972 |
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