The Importance of Species Taxa in Paleoanthropology and an Argument for the Phylogenetic Concept of the Species Category

Kimbel, William H.; Rak, Yoel

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“…"(C)" is the abbreviation for canine. Roosmalen and van Roosmalen, 2003;Craul et al, 2007), interpreting the evolution of that diversity is still largely in the realm of paleontological studies (see Kimbel and Rak, 1993;Plavcan, 1993;Rose and Bown, 1993;Hlusko, 2004Hlusko, , 2016Hlusko et al, 2016). Our analyses show that many measurements of the cranium and face of fossil South African papionins are highly correlated with each other, suggesting a high level of cranial phenotypic integration in this group similar to what is reported for extant OWMs.…”

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Patterns of craniofacial variation and taxonomic diversity in the South African Cercopithecidae fossil record

Monson

Brasil

Stratford

et al. 2017

Palaeontologia Electronica

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Patterns of craniofacial variation and taxonomic diversity in the South African Cercopithecidae fossil record

Monson

Brasil

Stratford

et al. 2017

Palaeontologia Electronica

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“…(Partridge et al, 1991;Clarke, 1994). Some authors have suggested that more than one species of hominid may be represented in Member 4 (Clarke, 1988;Kimbel and White, 1988;Kimbel and Rak, 1993;Calcagno et al, 1997). From Member 5, tentatively dated to between 2.0 and 1.5 m.y.…”

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The mixed dentition and associated skull fragments of a juvenile fossil hominid from Sterkfontein, South Africa

Moggi‐Cecchi

Tobias

Beynon

1998

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

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In April-May 1983, the late A.R. Hughes and his field team recovered more than 40 bone fragments and teeth from a single solution pocket of the Sterkfontein Formation. After preparation and reconstruction by JMC, it was recognised that these fragments represent a single juvenile individual (Stw 151), consisting of more than 40 cranial and dental parts, with mixed dentition. It constitutes the most complete set of jaws and teeth of an early hominid child since the Taung child was recovered in 1924. In this paper, the morphological and metrical features of the individual teeth are described. The other associated skull fragments (right ramus of the mandible, left petrous bone, right glenoid region) are also described. Comparisons are made with other South (and East) African fossil hominids. The beautiful preservation simultaneously of most of the deciduous teeth and of the permanent teeth exposed in their crypts allows an accurate analysis of the developmental sequence. A report on the dental developmental status of this juvenile is presented. On the basis of the microanatomical study of the developing permanent teeth, the estimated age at death is 5.2-5.3 years. Reconstructions of the maxillary and mandibular arcades are also offered. The morphological and metrical features of Stw 151 raise the possibility that it may represent a hominid more derived towards an early Homo condition than the rest of the A. africanus sample from Member 4.

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“…The regions in which these species first occur are unclear because of ambiguities concerning the age and taxonomic affinities of critical specimens (16,17,19,27,28). Accordingly, each phyletic tree was examined four times, taking into account all possible combinations of the centers of origin of those species.…”

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Early hominid biogeography

Strait

Wood

1999

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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We examined the biogeographic patterns implied by early hominid phylogenies and compared them to the known dispersal patterns of Plio-Pleistocene African mammals. All recent published phylogenies require between four and seven hominid dispersal events between southern Africa, eastern Africa, and the Malawi Rift, a greater number of dispersals than has previously been supposed. Most hominid species dispersed at the same time and in the same direction as other African mammals. However, depending on the ages of critical hominid specimens, many phylogenies identify at least one hominid species that dispersed in the direction opposite that of contemporaneous mammals. This suggests that those hominids may have possessed adaptations that allowed them to depart from continental patterns of mammalian dispersal.

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The Importance of Species Taxa in Paleoanthropology and an Argument for the Phylogenetic Concept of the Species Category

Cited by 84 publications

References 46 publications

Patterns of craniofacial variation and taxonomic diversity in the South African Cercopithecidae fossil record

Patterns of craniofacial variation and taxonomic diversity in the South African Cercopithecidae fossil record

The mixed dentition and associated skull fragments of a juvenile fossil hominid from Sterkfontein, South Africa

Early hominid biogeography

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