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Hominin postcranial remains from Sterkfontein, South Africa, 1936-1995 / edited by Bernhard Zipfel, Brian G. Richmond, and Carol V. Ward.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Human evolution series.
- Human evolution series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Australopithecines--South Africa--Sterkfontein Caves.
- Australopithecines.
- Paleoanthropology.
- Fossil hominids--South Africa--Sterkfontein Caves.
- Fossil hominids.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (408 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- The excavations at Sterkfontein Cave, Gauteng Province, South Africa, have yielded one of the largest collections of postcranial fossils of any hominin site. These fossils remain relatively unstudied, and few published comprehensively, despite the enormous potential of these fossils for answering questions about Australopithecus africanus paleobiology, early hominin variation, and early human evolution. This volume presents photographs, anatomical descriptions and analyses for all Sterkfontein hominin postcranial fossils that were available for study in 2009, when an international workshop of experts was convened at University of the Witwatersrand to discuss and study this material.
- Contents:
- Preface / Carol V. Ward, Brian G. Richmond, Bernhard Zipfel
- Introductory remarks to the Workshop on Sterkfontein Postcranial Fossils / Philip V. Tobias
- A summary of the history of exploration at the Sterkfontein Caves in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site / Francis Thackeray
- The geological setting, cave formation, and stratigraphy of the fossil bearing deposits at Sterkfontein Caves Dominic Stratford
- A new multidisciplinary age of 2.61 - 2.07 Ma for the Sterkfontein Member 4 australopiths Robyn Pickering / Andy I.R. Herries
- The alpha taxonomy of Australopithecus at Sterkfontein : the postcranial evidence / Frederick E. Grine
- The partial skeletons / Carol V. Ward, Martin Haeusler, Bernhard Zipfel
- Scapula, clavicle, and proximal humerus / David J. Green
- Distal humerus / Michael R. Lague, Colin G. Menter
- Ulna and radius / Michelle S. M. Drapeau, Colin G. Menter
- Carpals / Matthew W. Tocheri, Job Kibii
- Metacarpals & manual phalanges / Tracy L. Kivell, Kelly Ostrofsky, Brian G. Richmond, Michelle Drapeau
- Thoracolumbar vertebrae and ribs / Carol V. Ward, Burt Rosenman, Bruce Latimer, Shahed Nalla
- Pelvis / Martin Haeusler, Christopher B. Ruff
- Femur / Jeremy M. Desilva, Mark Grabowski
- Tibia and fibula / Kristian J. Carlson, Bernhard Zipfel, William Jungers
- Tarsals / Tea Jashashvili, Kristian J. Carlson, Ronald J. Clarke
- Metatarsals and pedal phalanges / Bernhard Zipfel, Roshna Wunderlich
- Long bone cross-sectional geometry / Christopher B. Ruff, Ryan W. Higgins, Kristian J. Carlson
- Limb proportions and positional behavior : Revisiting the theoretical and empirical underpinnings of locomotor reconstruction in Australopithecus africanus / Adam D. Gordon, David J. Green, William L. Jungers, Brian G. Richmond
- Summary and Synthesis / Carol V. Ward, Bernhard Zipfel.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-750768-9
- 0-19-750769-7
- 0-19-750767-0
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