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Contemporaneity of Australopithecus , Paranthropus , and early Homo erectus in South Africa

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Herries, Andy I. R., Martin, Jesse M., Leece, A. B., Adams, Justin W., Boschian, Giovanni, Joannes-Boyau, Renaud, Edwards, Tara R., Mallett, Tom +19 more·2020·Science

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Dating the Drimolen hominins Fossil hominins from South Africa are enriching the story of early human evolution and dispersal. Herries et al. describe the geological context and dating of the hominin-bearing infilled cave, or palaeocave, at a site called Drimolen in South Africa (see the Perspective by Antón). They focus on the age and context of a recently discovered Homo erectus sensu lato fossil and a Paranthropus robustus fossil, which they dated to ∼2.04 million to 1.95 million years ago. This makes Drimolen one of the best-dated sites in South Africa and establishes these fossils as the oldest definitive specimens of their respective species ever discovered. The age confirms that species of Australopithecus, Paranthropus , and early Homo overlapped in the karst of South Africa ∼2 million years ago. Science , this issue p. eaaw7293 ; see also p. 34

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Herries, A. I. R., Martin, J. M., Leece, A. B., Adams, J. W., Boschian, G., Joannes-Boyau, R., Edwards, T. R., Mallett, T., Massey, J., Murszewski, A., Neubauer, S., Pickering, R., Strait, D. S., Armstrong, B. J., Baker, S., Caruana, M. V., Denham, T., Hellstrom, J., Moggi-Cecchi, J., Mokobane, S., Penzo-Kajewski, P., Rovinsky, D. S., Schwartz, G. T., Stammers, R. C., Wilson, C., Woodhead, J., & Menter, C.
Affiliations
  • La Trobe University (AU)
  • University of Johannesburg (ZA)
  • University of Pisa (IT)
  • University of Minnesota (US)
  • Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (DE)
  • University of Cape Town (ZA)
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • Australian National University (AU)
  • Department of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
  • Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
  • Palaeoscience, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3086 VIC, Australia.
  • Monash University (AU)
  • Arizona State University (US)
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • University of Florence (IT)
Corresponding author
  • Herries, Andy I. R.
  • Martin, Jesse M.
  • Leece, A. B.
  • Adams, Justin W.
  • Boschian, Giovanni
Venue
Science
Published
2020-04-03
Volume
368
Issue
6486
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W3014934999
Cited by
192
References
95
Citations by year
2026: 22 · 2025: 43 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 19
FWCI
104.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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other-oa
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  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida) (submittedVersion)
  • CINECA IRIS Institutial research information system (University of Pisa) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Florence Research (University of Florence) (submittedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
  • La Trobe University
Funders
Australian Research Council (FT120100399, DP170100056, DE120102504, DP140100919)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Archeology › Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
Keywords
Australopithecus, Paranthropus robustus, early human evolution
MeSH terms
Animals, Classification, Biological Evolution, Humans, Skull, South Africa, Hominidae, Extinction, Biological, Caves

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