How Australopithecus provided insight into human evolution
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-019-02839-3
Abstract: In 1925, a Nature paper reported an African fossil of a previously unknown genus called Australopithecus. This finding revolutionized ideas about early human evolution after human ancestors and apes split on the evolutionary tree. A… read more here.
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Cosmogenic nuclide dating of Australopithecus at Sterkfontein, South Africa
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2123516119
Abstract: Significance Australopithecus fossils from the richest hominin-bearing deposit (Member 4) at Sterkfontein in South Africa are considerably older than previously argued by some and are contemporary with Australopithecus afarensis in East Africa. Our dates demonstrate… read more here.
Keywords: australopithecus; cosmogenic nuclide; sterkfontein south; south africa ... See more keywords