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The enigma of the Sangiran 4 palate revisited.
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Analysis of new metric data and comparisons with more recently published fossil discoveries shows that the Sangiran 4 palate is not unique, and shares several of these putative pongid traits with other Javan hominid fossils as well as recently described hominids specimens from Dmanisi, Georgia.Abstract:
The Sangiran 4 palate has been controversial since its discovery in the 1930s because it retains a number of more primitive morphologies such as projecting canines and precanine diastemata. These characters have led some workers to question the hominid status of the palate, suggesting that it is both too large and too primitive to belong to the same individual as the Sangiran 4 cranial fragments. The palate has instead been diagnosed as a new species of Pongo. The present study re-evaluates this controversy through the analysis of new metric data and comparisons with more recently published fossil discoveries. This analysis shows that the Sangiran 4 palate is not unique, and shares several of these putative pongid traits with other Javan hominid fossils as well as recently described hominid specimens from Dmanisi, Georgia. These results suggest that the evolution of the earliest Asians was more complex than has previously been appreciated.read more
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Southeast Asian and Australian paleoanthropology: a review of the last century
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Discerning hominid taxonomic variation in the southern Chinese, peninsular Southeast Asian, and Sundaic Pleistocene dental record
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Cochlear morphology of Indonesian Homo erectus from Sangiran.
Alessandro Urciuoli,Jülide Kubat,Lisa Schisanowski,Friedemann Schrenk,Bernhard Zipfel,Mirriam Tawane,Lunga Bam,David M. Alba,Ottmar Kullmer +8 more
TL;DR: In this article , the cochlear morphology of two Indonesian H. erectus individuals (Sangiran 2 and 4) was compared with a sample of australopiths, Middle to Late Pleistocene humans, and extant humans by means of linear measurements and both principal components and canonical variates analyses performed on shape ratios.
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A New Skull of Early Homo from Dmanisi, Georgia
Abesalom Vekua,David Lordkipanidze,G. Philip Rightmire,Jordi Agustí,Reid Ferring,Givi Maisuradze,Alexander Mouskhelishvili,Medea Nioradze,Marcia S. Ponce de León,Martha Tappen,Merab Tvalchrelidze,Christoph P. E. Zollikofer +11 more
TL;DR: The Dmanisi specimens are the most primitive and small-brained fossils to be grouped with this species or any taxon linked unequivocally with genusHomo and also the ones most similar to the presumedhabilis-like stem.
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Anatomical descriptions, comparative studies and evolutionary significance of the hominin skulls from Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia.
TL;DR: The hypothesis that Dmanisi is close to the stem from which H. erectus evolved is supported, as the evidence from anatomical analysis and measurements supports the hypothesis that this population resembles Homo habilis in brain volume and some aspects of craniofacial morphology.
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Early Pleistocene 40Ar/39Ar ages for Bapang Formation hominins, Central Jawa, Indonesia
Roy Larick,Russell L. Ciochon,Yahdi Zaim,Sudijono,Suminto,Yan Rizal,Fachroel Aziz,Mark K. Reagan,Matthew T. Heizler +8 more
TL;DR: This work investigates the sedimentary framework and hornblende 40Ar/39Ar age for volcanic deposits in the southeast quadrant of the Sangiran dome, and identifies a sequence of sedimentary cycles in which H. erectus fossils are associated with epiclastic pumice.
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