Sacrum morphology supports taxonomic heterogeneity of “Australopithecus africanus” at Sterkfontein Member 4

Fornai et al. present a geometric morphometric study of the sacrum in two alleged Australopithecus africanus specimens from Sterkfontein Member 4, South Africa. By comparing the two fossil hominins to a diverse sample of modern humans and great apes, the authors conclude that the observed morphologi...

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Autores principales:	Cinzia Fornai, Viktoria A. Krenn, Philipp Mitteroecker, Nicole M. Webb, Martin Haeusler
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:650df5a4e3c5470c9d3d14305db923202021-12-02T16:30:46ZSacrum morphology supports taxonomic heterogeneity of “Australopithecus africanus” at Sterkfontein Member 410.1038/s42003-021-01850-72399-3642https://doaj.org/article/650df5a4e3c5470c9d3d14305db923202021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01850-7https://doaj.org/toc/2399-3642Fornai et al. present a geometric morphometric study of the sacrum in two alleged Australopithecus africanus specimens from Sterkfontein Member 4, South Africa. By comparing the two fossil hominins to a diverse sample of modern humans and great apes, the authors conclude that the observed morphological differences are unlikely to occur within a single species, supporting earlier claims of taxonomic heterogeneity within the Australopithecus africanus hypodigm.Cinzia FornaiViktoria A. KrennPhilipp MitteroeckerNicole M. WebbMartin HaeuslerNature PortfolioarticleBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENCommunications Biology, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Cinzia Fornai Viktoria A. Krenn Philipp Mitteroecker Nicole M. Webb Martin Haeusler Sacrum morphology supports taxonomic heterogeneity of “Australopithecus africanus” at Sterkfontein Member 4
description	Fornai et al. present a geometric morphometric study of the sacrum in two alleged Australopithecus africanus specimens from Sterkfontein Member 4, South Africa. By comparing the two fossil hominins to a diverse sample of modern humans and great apes, the authors conclude that the observed morphological differences are unlikely to occur within a single species, supporting earlier claims of taxonomic heterogeneity within the Australopithecus africanus hypodigm.
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author	Cinzia Fornai Viktoria A. Krenn Philipp Mitteroecker Nicole M. Webb Martin Haeusler
author_facet	Cinzia Fornai Viktoria A. Krenn Philipp Mitteroecker Nicole M. Webb Martin Haeusler
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title	Sacrum morphology supports taxonomic heterogeneity of “Australopithecus africanus” at Sterkfontein Member 4
title_short	Sacrum morphology supports taxonomic heterogeneity of “Australopithecus africanus” at Sterkfontein Member 4
title_full	Sacrum morphology supports taxonomic heterogeneity of “Australopithecus africanus” at Sterkfontein Member 4
title_fullStr	Sacrum morphology supports taxonomic heterogeneity of “Australopithecus africanus” at Sterkfontein Member 4
title_full_unstemmed	Sacrum morphology supports taxonomic heterogeneity of “Australopithecus africanus” at Sterkfontein Member 4
title_sort	sacrum morphology supports taxonomic heterogeneity of “australopithecus africanus” at sterkfontein member 4
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/650df5a4e3c5470c9d3d14305db92320
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Sacrum morphology supports taxonomic heterogeneity of “Australopithecus africanus” at Sterkfontein Member 4

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