Cladometric analysis of Pliocene hominids |
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Authors: | R.S. Corruccini H.M. McHenry |
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Affiliation: | Department of Anthropology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, U.S.A.;Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Quantification of individual crown features allows maximization of information retrieval from isolated hominid molars. The Lukeino specimen demonstrates phenetic affinity to Pan; the Lothagam fossil appears closer to a hypothetical ancestral hominid morphotype than the Laetolil specimens. Consideration of 41 metric features in a cladistic framework establishes Australopithecus afarensis as the sister taxon of Homo and of later australopithecines. |
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Keywords: | Lothagam Lukeino cladistics |
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