Name - Australopithecus africanus

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:90970 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Australopithecus africanus Dart 1925

• Australopithecus africanus Boule 1925

• Australopithecus africanus Broom 1925

• Australopithecus africanus Hrdlicka 1925

• Australopithecus africanus Dart 1924

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Recent Publications

• Palaeoanthropology in Kenya: After discovery of the Taung Child.
• A reanalysis of the Taung endocranial surface: Comparison with large samples of living hominids.
• Sexual Size Dimorphism in Australopithecus: Postcranial Dimorphism Differs Significantly Among Australopithecus afarensis, A. africanus, and Modern Humans Despite Low-Power Resampling Analyses.
• The Taung Child (Australopithecus africanus), the Plio-Pleistocene boundary and a supernova hypothesis.
• Impact of intermittent lead exposure on hominid brain evolution.

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