Title: New hominid fossils from the Swartkrans formation (1979–1986 excavations): Postcranial specimens
Abstract: Abstract New postcranial fossils of Paranthropus robustus and Homo cf. erectus were recovered from Swartkrans from 1979 through 1986. These fossils are from Members 1,2, and 3. The new fossils are described here along with their morphological affinities. Fossils that are assigned to Paranthropus indicate that the South African “robust” australopithecines engaged in tool behavior and were essentially terrestrial bipeds at around 1.8 Myr BP. The manual dexterity and bipedal locomotion of Paranthropus may have equaled that of Homo habilis in East Africa at approximately the same time.
Publication Year: 1989
Publication Date: 1989-08-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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