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Contemporaneity of Australopithecus , Paranthropus , and early Homo erectus in South Africa
Science (New York, N.Y.), Vol.368(6486), pp.47-47
03/04/2020
PMID: 32241925
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Abstract
Understanding the extinction of and origins of and in South Africa has been hampered by the perceived complex geological context of hominin fossils, poor chronological resolution, and a lack of well-preserved early specimens. We describe, date, and contextualize the discovery of two hominin crania from Drimolen Main Quarry in South Africa. At ~2.04 million to 1.95 million years old, DNH 152 represents the earliest definitive occurrence of , and DNH 134 represents the earliest occurrence of a cranium with clear affinities to These crania also show that , , and were contemporaneous at ~2 million years ago. This high taxonomic diversity is also reflected in non-hominin species and provides evidence of endemic evolution and dispersal during a period of climatic variability.
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- Title
- Contemporaneity of Australopithecus , Paranthropus , and early Homo erectus in South Africa
- Creators
- Andy IR Herries - Palaeo-Research Institute, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South AfricaJesse M Martin - Palaeoscience, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3086 VIC, AustraliaA B Leece - Palaeoscience, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3086 VIC, AustraliaJustin W Adams - Palaeo-Research Institute, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South AfricaGiovanni Boschian - Palaeo-Research Institute, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South AfricaRenaud Joannes-Boyau (Author) - Southern Cross University, Southern Cross GeoScienceTara R Edwards - Palaeoscience, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3086 VIC, AustraliaTom Mallett - Palaeoscience, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3086 VIC, AustraliaJason Massey - Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USAAshleigh Murszewski - Palaeoscience, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3086 VIC, AustraliaSimon Neubauer - Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 04103 Leipzig, GermanyRobyn Pickering - Human Evolution Research Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South AfricaDavid S Strait - Palaeo-Research Institute, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South AfricaBrian Armstrong - Palaeo-Research Institute, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South AfricaStephanie Baker - Palaeo-Research Institute, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South AfricaMatt Caruana - Palaeo-Research Institute, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South AfricaTim Denham - Geoarchaeology Research Group, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaJohn Hellstrom - Department of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaJacopo Moggi-Cecchi - Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, ItalySimon Mokobane - Palaeo-Research Institute, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South AfricaPaul Penzo-Kajewski - Palaeoscience, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3086 VIC, AustraliaDouglass S Rovinsky - Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, VIC, AustraliaGary T Schwartz - Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USARhiannon C Stammers - Palaeoscience, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3086 VIC, AustraliaCoen Wilson - Palaeoscience, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3086 VIC, AustraliaJon Woodhead - Department of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaColin G Menter - Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Publication Details
- Science (New York, N.Y.), Vol.368(6486), pp.47-47
- Identifiers
- 991012832489902368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering; Southern Cross GeoScience; Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article