Showing posts with label Australopithecus africanus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australopithecus africanus. Show all posts
Monday, December 10, 2018

Little Foot Finally Extricated

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Nature News is reporting on the excavation and description of "Little Foot," a fossil initially discovered twenty years ago by Ron...
Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Ardipithecus May Not Have Been Entirely a Facultative Biped After All

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In a new article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , several researchers have concluded, using 3D morphometric analysis...
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Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Australopithecus sediba Voted Off the Island

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This does not surprise me.  Science Magazine has a short story which suggests strongly that the characteristics in Au. sediba render it uns...
Friday, January 23, 2015

Australopithecus africanus Used Power and Precision Grip

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Science Daily, as well as some other outlets are reporting new research on evidence that Australopithecus africanus used their hands in th...
Monday, July 14, 2014

BioLogos, Ken Ham and David Menton—A Response, Part II

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Point 3: Because of the rarity of fossil hominids, even many of those who specialize in the evolution of man have never actually seen an...
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Phillip Tobias Has Died

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Phillip Tobias, a preeminent anthropologist who worked tirelessly to raise the standard for palaeoanthropology in South Africa, has died. F...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

New Explanation for Brain Evolution in Australopithecines

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Science Daily is reporting on new examinations of the famous Taung brain endocast that provides insights into human evolution. They write :...
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Saturday, September 10, 2011

Nature News Story on Au. sediba

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Nature News has a story on the Australopithecus sediba skeleton described by Lee Berger and colleagues.  Ewen Callaway writes: At around...
Friday, June 03, 2011

Did Australopithecines Have Bonding Patterns Like Modern Chimpanzees?

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The Guardian has a story on research done with Australopithecus africanus and A. robustus teeth that suggests that, while the men did not...