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BIAN2013 Australopithecus africanus

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BIAN2013 Australopithecus africanus

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    1. BIAN2013 Australopithecus africanus

    2. Type specimen of Australopithecus africanus

    3. How old was the child at death?

    4. Dart was mostly ignored: the Taung child was “just an ape”

    5. Sts5 “Mrs Ples”

    7. Massive facial skeleton

    8. Basicranium shorter than chimps, not as shortened as humans

    9. Innominate bone

    11. The second Sterkfontein pelvis

    13. Makapansgat: a third site for A.africanus

    14. Breccia

    15. Ron Clark demonstrating the stratigraphy of Sterkfontein

    16. How old are Sterkfontein, Taung and Makapansgat? Faunal analysis suggests Sterkfontein Member 4 is about 2.5 Ma, Taung younger, Makapansgat nearly 3 Ma ESR dating puts Member 4 at about 2.4 Ma, Member 2 about 1.8 Ma New dates for Member 2 are 4.02 Ma (Jacovec Cavern) and 4.17 Ma (“Littlefoot” breccia), by Be10 and Al26 decay.

    17. “Littlefoot” (Stw573)

    20. New fossils from the Jacovec Cavern

    21. Homage to Robert Broom

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