J Francis Thackeray
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 92550 |
|---|---|
| NOME | J Francis Thackeray |
| PRENOMES | J Francis |
| SOBRENOME | Thackeray |
| ASSINATURA | THACKERAY J F |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6884-382X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 64 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 832 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 64 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1979 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 16 |
A biochronological date of 3.6 million years for “Little Foot” (StW 573, Australopithecus prometheus from Sterkfontein, South Africa)
A debate has developed with regard to geological ages of hominin fossils attributed to Australopithecus africanus and Australopithecus prometheus in South African Plio‐Pleistocene cave deposits. For the Sterkfontein caves (Members 2 and 4), cosmogenic nuclide isochron ( 10 Be/ 26 Al) dating has yielded age estimates ranging from 3.4 to 3.7 million years ago (Ma). However, biochronological approaches using nonhominin primates suggest an alternativ…
Paleoenvironments and the Context of Plio-Pleistocene Hominins at Kromdraai, South Africa
The Plio-Pleistocene site of Kromdraai (Gauteng province, South Africa) is a dolomitic cave situated approximately 2 km east of Sterkfontein, on the southern side of the Bloubank stream. It has long been considered as two distinct localities of relatively limited spatial extent. One locality yielded the type specimen of Paranthropus robustus (TM 1517; the only partial skeleton of this species known thus far; Broom 1938a, 1938b, 1941, 1942, 1943) …
The Kromdraai early hominin-bearing site. A review of recent findings
Trabecular organization of the proximal femur in Paranthropus robustus
Late Quaternary micromammals and the precipitation history of the southern Cape, South Africa — comment on the published paper by Faith et al., Quaternary Research (2019), Vol. 91, 848–860
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A new method to evaluate 3D spatial patterns within early hominin-bearing sites. An example from Kromdraai (Gauteng Province, South Africa)
Reassessment of the TM 1517 odonto‐postcranial assemblage from Kromdraai B, South Africa, and the maturational pattern of Paranthropus robustus
In the hominin fossil record, there are few unambiguously associated craniodental and postcranial remains sampling immature individuals, an essential condition for assessing the taxon-specific maturational patterns. Our findings corroborate the original association of the craniodental and postcranial remains representing the P. robustus type specimen. As with other Plio-Pleistocene hominins, the odonto-postcranial maturational pattern of TM 1517 …
Teilhard de Chardin, human evolution and “Piltdown Man”
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a French Jesuit paleontologist, priest, and philosopher. In the figures published in articles in 1943 and 1951, he attempted to draw a “plausible schematic reconstruction of the natural connections between fossil men” and a “phyletic composition of the human group”. I draw attention to Teilhard's reference to Eoanthropus (“Piltdown Man”) in small print in his figure that was first printed in 1943. Most suspiciously,…
L’apport de l’ethnographie au concept de « chasse magique par empathie » (ou compatissante) et de chamanisme dans l’art préhistorique d’Afrique australe
Cortical bone distribution in the femoral neck of Paranthropus robustus
T obias, P hillip V . (1925–2012)
Professor Phillip Vallentine Tobias was an outstanding South African paleoanthropologist who made major contributions to the study of human evolution and who was also a prominent objector to the apartheid system in South Africa. Among his published works (numbering more than a thousand), Tobias (1967) described in meticulous detail a 1.8‐million‐year‐old skull (OH 5) of a hominin species which he called Australopithecus ( Zinjanthropus ) boisei ,…
Early Homo, ‘robust’ australopithecines and stone tools at Kromdraai, South Africa
Trabecular architecture and joint loading of the proximal humerus in extant hominoids, Ateles , and Australopithecus africanus
OBJECTIVES: Several studies have investigated potential functional signals in the trabecular structure of the primate proximal humerus but with varied success. Here, we apply for the first time a "whole-epiphyses" approach to analysing trabecular bone in the humeral head with the aim of providing a more holistic interpretation of trabecular variation in relation to habitual locomotor or manipulative behaviors in several extant primates and Austra…
Pleistocene molluscs from Klasies River (South Africa)
Retracted
Intra‐individual metameric variation expressed at the enamel‐dentine junction of lower post‐canine dentition of South African fossil hominins and modern humans
The distalward increase of metameric variation along the modern human molar row is consistent with the odontogenetic models of molar row structure (inhibitory cascade model). Though much remains to be tested, the variable trends and magnitudes in metamerism in fossil hominins reported here, together with differences in the scale of shape change between modern humans and fossil hominins may provide valuable information regarding functional morphol…
Morphometric analyses of hominoid crania, probabilities of conspecificity and an approximation of a biological species constant
Morphoarchitectural variation in South African fossil cercopithecoid endocasts
Premolar root and canal variation in South African Plio-Pleistocene specimens attributed to Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus robustus
Further morphological evidence on South African earliest Homo lower postcanine dentition
Upper third molar internal structural organization and semicircular canal morphology in Plio-Pleistocene South African cercopithecoids
Palynology of Holocene Deposits in Excavation 1 at Wonderwerk Cave, Northern Cape (South Africa)
Faunal Remains from Holocene Deposits, Excavation 1, Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa
Holocene footprints in Namibia
We report a Holocene human and animal footprint site from the Namib Sand Sea, south of Walvis Bay, Namibia. Using these data, we explore intratrail footprint variability associated with small variations in substrate properties using a “whole foot” analytical technique developed for the studies in human ichnology. We demonstrate high levels of intratrail variability as a result of variations in grain size, depositional moisture content, and the de…
A new partial temporal bone of a juvenile hominin from the site of Kromdraai B (South Africa)
The carbon isotope ecology and diet of Australopithecus africanus at Sterkfontein, South Africa
Middle Stone Age shellfish exploitation
The hunters and the hunted revisited
Histological reconstruction of dental development and age at death of a juvenile Paranthropus robustus specimen, SK 63, from Swartkrans, South Africa
There has been disagreement about whether the earliest hominids grew in a similar manner to great apes or modern humans. This has important biological implications, since it may have been inappropriate to apply modern human developmental standards to early hominids. The aim of the present study was to combine data from replicas of tooth surfaces, computed tomographic (CT) scans, and radiographs with data from a histological section of the canine …
Butchering of Giant Geladas at an Acheulian Site [and Comments and Reply]
Primate fossils from the Acheulian handaxe site at Olorgesailie, Kenya, are analyzed in an attempt to evaluate Isaac's suggestion that Locality DE/89 B preserves the remains of the hunting and butchering of giant gelada baboons. The age and sex structure of the 90 individuals suggests that attritional mortality occurred. This evidence is consistent with predation on small numbers of individuals at a time by either hominids or carnivores. A compar…
Hominins, sedges, and termites
Enamel thickness and the topography of the enamel-dentine junction in South African Plio-Pleistocene hominids with special reference to the Carabelli trait
Faunal assemblage seriation of southern African Pliocene and Pleistocene fossil deposits
Fossil assemblages from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of southern Africa were seriated in order to give a better idea of their relative chronology. Time‐sensitive mammals were selected for calculation of the Faunal Resemblance Index among 17 site units. On the basis of a logistical seriation and subsequent site analysis, the following sequence of sites was deemed most probable: Makapansgat Member 3, Makapansgat Member 4, Taung Dart deposits, Sterk…
A new partial temporal bone of a juvenile hominin from the site of Kromdraai B (South Africa)
Direct ESR dating of a Pliocene hominin from Swartkrans
Brief communication
Molar crown morphology varies among primates from relatively simple in some taxa to more complex in others, with such variability having both functional and taxonomic significance. In addition to the primary cusps, crown surface complexity derives from the presence of crests, cuspules, and crenulations. Developmentally, this complexity results from the deposition of an enamel cap over a basement membrane (the morphology of which is preserved as t…
Further morphological evidence on South African earliest Homo lower postcanine dentition
Computed tomography and enamel thickness of maxillary molars of Plio‐Pleistocene hominids from Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, and Kromdraai (South Africa)
This paper is one in a series which explores the possibility of using the non‐destructive CT technique to identify patterns in tooth enamel distribution and structure of hominid molars from Plio‐Pleistocene sites in South Africa, notably Swartkrans, Sterkfontein, and Kromdraai. Whereas previous investigators have emphasised gross differences in absolute and relative or average enamel thickness between hominid taxa, the present study highlights di…
Upper third molar internal structural organization and semicircular canal morphology in Plio-Pleistocene South African cercopithecoids
Initial fossil discoveries from Hoogland, a new Pliocene primate-bearing karstic system in Gauteng Province, South Africa
Molluscan Fauna from Klasies River, South Africa
Molluscan faunal remains from the main site at Klasies River, South Africa, provide evidence for the exploitation of marine shellfish by Middle Stone Age inhabitants during the Late Pleistocene. Samples from recent excavations provide a record of changes in the range and size of taxa represented in the cave deposits. Within the upper part of the sequence there is a marked decline in the quantity of marine shell per unit volume of excavated deposi…
Intra‐individual metameric variation expressed at the enamel‐dentine junction of lower post‐canine dentition of South African fossil hominins and modern humans
The distalward increase of metameric variation along the modern human molar row is consistent with the odontogenetic models of molar row structure (inhibitory cascade model). Though much remains to be tested, the variable trends and magnitudes in metamerism in fossil hominins reported here, together with differences in the scale of shape change between modern humans and fossil hominins may provide valuable information regarding functional morphol…
Premolar root and canal variation in South African Plio-Pleistocene specimens attributed to Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus robustus
Cortical bone distribution in the femoral neck of Paranthropus robustus
Morphoarchitectural variation in South African fossil cercopithecoid endocasts
Faunal Remains from Holocene Deposits, Excavation 1, Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa
Holocene footprints in Namibia
We report a Holocene human and animal footprint site from the Namib Sand Sea, south of Walvis Bay, Namibia. Using these data, we explore intratrail footprint variability associated with small variations in substrate properties using a “whole foot” analytical technique developed for the studies in human ichnology. We demonstrate high levels of intratrail variability as a result of variations in grain size, depositional moisture content, and the de…
Temporal lines and open sutures revealed on cranial bone adhering to matrix associated with Sts 5 ("Mrs Ples"), Sterkfontein, South Africa
Further Comment on Fauna From Klasies River Mouth
Trabecular organization of the proximal femur in Paranthropus robustus
An Analysis of Faunal Remains from Archaeological Sites in Southern South West Africa (Namibia)
Butchering of Giant Geladas at an Acheulian Site [and Comments and Reply]
Primate fossils from the Acheulian handaxe site at Olorgesailie, Kenya, are analyzed in an attempt to evaluate Isaac's suggestion that Locality DE/89 B preserves the remains of the hunting and butchering of giant gelada baboons. The age and sex structure of the 90 individuals suggests that attritional mortality occurred. This evidence is consistent with predation on small numbers of individuals at a time by either hominids or carnivores. A compar…
Disguises, Animal Behaviour and Concepts of Control in Relation to Rock Art of Southern Africa
J. F. Thackeray, Disguises, Animal Behaviour and Concepts of Control in Relation to Rock Art of Southern Africa, Goodwin Series, Vol. 4, New Approaches to Southern African Rock Art (Jun., 1983), pp. 38-43
Excavations at the Blinkklipkop Specularite Mine near Postmasburg, Northern Cape
Anne I. Thackeray, J. F. Thackeray, Peter B. Beaumont, Excavations at the Blinkklipkop Specularite Mine near Postmasburg, Northern Cape, The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 38, No. 137 (Jun., 1983), pp. 17-25
Later Stone Age Rescue Archaeology in the Sutherland District
How Knowledgeable Are South African Archaeology Students
Further Comment on Fauna From Klasies River Mouth
A Note on Southern African Rock Art, Medicine-Men and Nguni Diviners
Late Holocene Human Skeletal Remains from Snuifklip, near Vleesbaai, Southern Cape
Alan G. Morris, Anne I. Thackeray, J. F. Thackeray, Late Holocene Human Skeletal Remains from Snuifklip, near Vleesbaai, Southern Cape, The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 42, No. 146 (Dec., 1987), pp. 153-160
Molluscan Fauna from Klasies River, South Africa
Molluscan faunal remains from the main site at Klasies River, South Africa, provide evidence for the exploitation of marine shellfish by Middle Stone Age inhabitants during the Late Pleistocene. Samples from recent excavations provide a record of changes in the range and size of taxa represented in the cave deposits. Within the upper part of the sequence there is a marked decline in the quantity of marine shell per unit volume of excavated deposi…
On Statistical Analyses of Faunal Data from Klasies River Mouth
Standardized Analyses of Glass Trade Beads from Mgungundlovu and Ondini, Nineteenth Century Zulu Capitals
N. J. Van Der Merwe, S. J. Saitowitz, J. F. Thackeray, M. Hall, C. Poggenpoel, Standardized Analyses of Glass Trade Beads from Mgungundlovu and Ondini, Nineteenth Century Zulu Capitals, The South African Archaeological Bulletin, Vol. 44, No. 150 (Dec., 1989), pp. 98-104
On concepts expressed in southern African rock art
Prehistoric rock art in southern Africa has been studied - with remarkable success - in the light of ethnographic data obtained from modern 'San' or 'Bushmen'. Yet examples of rock paintings reflect conceptual associations similar if not identical to those identified among Bantu-speakers. It is recommended that the art be studied in the light of linguistic as well as ethnographic data without adopting a 'San-centric' stance
Computed tomography and intercuspal angulation of maxillary molars of Plio-Pleistocene hominids from Sterkfontein, Swartkrans and Kromdraai (South Africa)
Computed tomography and enamel thickness of maxillary molars of Plio‐Pleistocene hominids from Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, and Kromdraai (South Africa)
This paper is one in a series which explores the possibility of using the non‐destructive CT technique to identify patterns in tooth enamel distribution and structure of hominid molars from Plio‐Pleistocene sites in South Africa, notably Swartkrans, Sterkfontein, and Kromdraai. Whereas previous investigators have emphasised gross differences in absolute and relative or average enamel thickness between hominid taxa, the present study highlights di…
On the Piltdown Joker and Accomplice
New Directions in the Study of Southern African Rock Art
of the northern Cape Province in South Africa, compiled by the late W.H.C. Taylor almost sixty ago, includes a remarkable photograph of a person under the head and skin of an animal (Fig. 1). Unfortunately Taylor's album provides no detailed contextual information, apart from a caption that describes the subject as a buckjumper witnessed at and Police Post. F and MD is evidently an abbreviation for foot-and-mouth disease, and Logagani was evident…
Histological reconstruction of dental development and age at death of a juvenile Paranthropus robustus specimen, SK 63, from Swartkrans, South Africa
There has been disagreement about whether the earliest hominids grew in a similar manner to great apes or modern humans. This has important biological implications, since it may have been inappropriate to apply modern human developmental standards to early hominids. The aim of the present study was to combine data from replicas of tooth surfaces, computed tomographic (CT) scans, and radiographs with data from a histological section of the canine …
Comment on Temperature Indices from Late Quaternary Terrestrial Sequence at Wonderkrater, South Africa
Faunal assemblage seriation of southern African Pliocene and Pleistocene fossil deposits
Fossil assemblages from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of southern Africa were seriated in order to give a better idea of their relative chronology. Time‐sensitive mammals were selected for calculation of the Faunal Resemblance Index among 17 site units. On the basis of a logistical seriation and subsequent site analysis, the following sequence of sites was deemed most probable: Makapansgat Member 3, Makapansgat Member 4, Taung Dart deposits, Sterk…
Do strontium/calcium ratios in early Pleistocene hominids from Swartkrans reflect physiological differences in males and females
Enamel thickness and the topography of the enamel-dentine junction in South African Plio-Pleistocene hominids with special reference to the Carabelli trait
Cross-sectional morphology of the SK 82 and 97 proximal femora
Computed tomography scans of the proximal femoral shaft of the South African "robust" australopithecine, A. robustus, reveal a total morphological pattern that is similar to the specimen attributed to A. boisei in East Africa but unlike that of Homo erectus or modern human femora. Like femora attributed to H. erectus, SK 82 and 97 have very thick cortices, although they do not have the extreme increase in mediolateral buttressing that is so chara…
Cross‐sectional morphology of the SK 82 and 97 proximal femora
Mrs Ples' from Sterkfontein
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