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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1006/jhev.1998.0262" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://doi.org/10.1006/jhev.1998.0262</a>
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69-95
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1
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36
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South Turkwel: A new Pliocene hominid site in Kenya
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Journal of Human Evolution
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1999
1999-01
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1974-1977 collections; Anthropology; australopithecus-afarensis; ethiopia; evolution; Evolutionary Biology; functional-morphology; hadar formation; hand; hand bones; hominids; Kenya; koobi fora region; metacarpal; olduvai gorge; Pliocene; South Turkwel
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Ward C V; Leakey M G; Brown B; Brown F; Harris J; Walker A
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New fossils discovered south of the Turkwel River in northern Kenya include an associated metacarpal, capitate, hamate, lunate, pedal phalanx, mandibular fragment, and teeth. These fossils probably date to around 3.5 m.y.a. Faunal information suggests that the environment at South Turkwel was predominantly bushland. The mandibular and dental remains are fragmentary, but the postcranial fossils are informative. Comparisons with Australopithecus, modern human, chimpanzee and gorilla hand bones suggest that the Turkwel hominid was most like Australopithecus afarensis and A. africanus. Carpometacarpal articulations are intermediate between those of modern humans and African apes, suggesting enhanced gripping capabilities compared with extant apes. The hamulus was strikingly large, similar in proportion only to Neandertals and some gorillas, suggesting the presence of powerful forearms and hands. There are no indicators of adaptations to knuckle-walking or suspensory locomotion in the hand, and the pedal phalanx suggests that this hominid was habitually bipedal. (C) 1999 Academic Press.
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1006/jhev.1998.0262" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1006/jhev.1998.0262</a>
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Journal Article
1974-1977 collections
1999
Anthropology
australopithecus-afarensis
Brown B
Brown F
ethiopia
Evolution
Evolutionary Biology
functional-morphology
hadar formation
Hand
hand bones
Harris J
hominids
Journal Article
Journal of human evolution
Kenya
koobi fora region
Leakey M G
metacarpal
olduvai gorge
Pliocene
South Turkwel
Walker A
Ward C V
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1006/jhev.1998.0223" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://doi.org/10.1006/jhev.1998.0223</a>
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75-94
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1
Volume
35
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AL 288-1 - Lucy or Lucifer: Gender confusion in the Pliocene
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Journal of Human Evolution
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1998
1998-07
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1974-1977; al-288-1; Anthropology; australopithecine; australopithecus-afarensis; body size; collections; dimensions; dimorphism; ethiopia; Evolutionary Biology; hadar formation; Lucy; obstetrics; pelvic size; pelvis; primates; reconstruction; sexual
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Tague R G; Lovejoy C O
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Hausler & Schmid (1995) challenged the long held opinion that AL 288-1 (Australopithecus afarensis), popularly known as "Lucy," was female. They concluded that AL 288-1 was most probably male ("Lucifer") and, by extension, the hypodigm for A. afarensis consists of two species which differ from one another in body size; in their opinion, AL 288-1 was most probably a male of the smaller of the two species. Hausler & Schmid based their conclusion on an obstetric analysis of AL 288-1 and Sts 14 (A. africanus) and on a comparison of the two australopithecine pelves with those of modern humans. This study evaluates the pelvic anatomy and probable sex of AL 288-1 by both assessing the obstetric adequacy of its pelvis and critically reviewing Hausler & Schmid's (1995, 1997) analyses of australopithecine pelvic dimorphism and relative body size of AL 288-1. Three results are shown. First, using Hausler & Schmid's own data, AL 288-1's and Sts 14's pelves are seen not to be dimorphic with respect to each other, as are human males and females, but they are in fact comparable in both size and shape. Second, AL 288-1's pelvis would have been obstetrically adequate, even with an inferred newborn brain size (as suggested by Hausler & Schmid) for A. afarensis that is likely overestimated. Third, AL 288-1 is shown to be one of the smallest adult individuals in A. afarensis. We conclude that AL 288-1 and Sts 14 were the same sex, and that the name "Lucy" correctly identifies AL 288-1's gender as female. (C) 1998 Academic Press.
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1006/jhev.1998.0223" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1006/jhev.1998.0223</a>
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1974-1977
1998
al-288-1
Anthropology
australopithecine
australopithecus-afarensis
Body Size
collections
dimensions
dimorphism
ethiopia
Evolutionary Biology
hadar formation
Journal Article
Journal of human evolution
Lovejoy C O
Lucy
obstetrics
pelvic size
Pelvis
Primates
reconstruction
sexual
Tague R G