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Paleobiology of Australopithecus / [edited by] Kaye E. Reed, John G. Fleagle and Richard E. Leakey.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology seriesPublication details: Dordrecht : Springer, 2013.Description: xiii, 282 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9789400759183
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 St881 569.93
Contents:
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--
Summary: This book synthesizes information on the genus Australopithecus. It discusses alpha taxonomy, adaptive radiations, adaptations, phylogeny, biogeography, and paleoecology of the various species.
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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--

This book synthesizes information on the genus Australopithecus. It discusses alpha taxonomy, adaptive radiations, adaptations, phylogeny, biogeography, and paleoecology of the various species.

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