TY - BOOK AU - Reed,Kaye E. AU - Fleagle,John G. AU - Leakey,Richard E. ED - Stony Brook Human Evolution Symposium and Workshop on Diversity in Australopithecus: Tracking the Firstst Bipeds, TI - Paleobiology of Australopithecus T2 - Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology series SN - 9789400759183 U1 - 569.93 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Dordrecht PB - Springer KW - Australopithecines KW - Congresses KW - Paleobiology KW - East Africa KW - Southern Africa KW - Fossil hominids KW - East Africa N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Introduction : Issues in the life and times of Australopithecus / Kaye E. Reed -- Part I: Geological and paleontological context 2. Age ranges of Australopithecus species, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Tanzania / Francis H. Brown, Ian McDougall and Patrick N. Gathogo -- 3. A multi-disciplinary perspective on the age of Australopithecus in southern Africa / Andy I.R. Herries, Robyn Pickering, Justin W. Adams, Darren Curnoe, Ginette Warr, Alf G. Latham and John Shaw -- 4. Reconstructing the habitats of Australopithecus : paleoenvironments, site taphonomy, and faunas / Anna K. Behrensmeyer and Kaye E. Reed -- Part II: Sites and Species 5. Australopithecus in Ethiopia / Zeresenay Alemseged -- 6. The alpha taxonomy of Australopithecus africanus / Frederick E. Grine -- 7. Australopithecus from Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa / Ronald Clarke -- 8. Variation in mandibular postcanine dental morphology and hominin species representation in Member 4, Sterkfontein, South Africa / Frederick E. Grine, Marcia M. Delanty and Bernard A. Wood -- 9. Australopithecus sediba from Malapa, South Africa / Darryl J. de Ruiter, Steven E. Churchill and Lee R. Berger -- Part III: Biogeography 10. Comparative evolutionary models and the "Australopith radiations" / Robert A. Foley -- 11. Whence Australopithecus africanus? : comparing the skulls of South African and East African Australopithecus / Charles Lockwood -- 12. The biogeographic implications of early hominin phylogeny / David S. Strait -- Part IV: Paleobiology 13. Sexual size dimorphism in Australopithecus : current understanding and new directions / Adam D. Gordon -- 14. Molar microwear, diet and adaptation in a purported hominin species lineage from the Pliocene of East Africa / Frederick E. Grine, Peter S. Ungar, Mark F. Teaford and Sireen El-Zaatari -- 15. Some ruminations on australopith diets / Matt Sponheimer -- 16. Postural and locomotor adaptations of Australopithecus species / Carol V. Ward -- 17. Shoulder morphology in early hominin evolution / Susan G. Larson -- 18. Age and sex differences in the locomotor skeleton of Australopithecus / Elizabeth H. Harmon-- Subject Index-- Specimen Index-- Site/Locality Index-- N2 - This book synthesizes information on the genus Australopithecus. It discusses alpha taxonomy, adaptive radiations, adaptations, phylogeny, biogeography, and paleoecology of the various species ER -