New Finds at the Swartkrans Australopithecine Site
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23364801 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C K Brain (Anglo-Boer War Museum, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 225 |
| Issue | 5238 |
| Pages | 1112-1119 |
| Publication date | 1970-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nature (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0028-0836 • E-ISSN: 1476-4687 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1038/2251112a0 |
| PMID | 5418243 |
| OpenAlex | W1999461326 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 87 |
| References cited | 6 |
Archaeology · Cave · Geography · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Geology · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Context and Environment in Taphonomic Analysis
Evolution of the hominoid vertebral column
Intrinsic qualities of primate bones as predictors of skeletal element representation in modern and fossil carnivore feeding assemblages
Engendering Human Evolution
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Some evidence of chronology and palaeoecology of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans and Kromdraai from the fossil Bovidae
Evidence of termite foraging by Swartkrans early hominids
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The nature and affinities of the “robust” Australopithecines
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Newly discovered fossil- and artifact-bearing deposits, uranium-series ages, and Plio-Pleistocene hominids at Swartkrans Cave, South Africa
Sagittal cresting in the South African australopithecines
The vermiculate surface pattern in brow ridges of Australopithecines and other very ancient hominids
Posterior tooth size, body size, and diet in South African gracile australopithecines
Cranium of a juvenile Australopithecus boisei from the lower Omo Basin, Ethiopia
Hominid tool‐making versus carnivore scavenging
Affinities of the Swartkrans 847 hominid cranium
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New australopithecine endocast, SK 1585, from Swartkrans, South Africa
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A note on the dialectical evolution of human communications systems
Multivariate discriminant analysis of dental data bearing on early hominid affinities
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Beyond leopards
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Hominid phylogenetics and the existence of Homo in Member I of the Swartkrans formation, South Africa
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The endocast of StW 573 ("Little Foot") and hominin brain evolution
A new absolute date from Swartkrans Cave for the oldest occurrences of Paranthropus robustus and Oldowan stone tools in South Africa
First articulating os coxae, femur, and tibia of a small adult Paranthropus robustus from Member 1 (Hanging Remnant) of the Swartkrans Formation, South Africa
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GPS-identified vulnerabilities of savannah-woodland primates to leopard predation and their implications for early hominins
A comparative study of the endocasts of OH 5 and SK 1585
Microbial osteolysis in an Early Pleistocene hominin (Paranthropus robustus) from Swartkrans, South Africa
New cranium of the large cercopithecid primate Theropithecus oswaldi leakeyi (Hopwood, 1934) from the paleoanthropological site of Makuyuni, Tanzania
New hominid fossils from Member 1 of the Swartkrans formation, South Africa
New modern and Pleistocene fossil micromammal assemblages from Swartkrans, South Africa
New early Pleistocene hominin teeth from the Swartkrans Formation, South Africa
"The bony labyrinth of StW 573 ("Little Foot)
The enigmatic molar from Gondolin, South Africa
The diet of early man
Scavenging or Hunting in Early Hominids
Toward an Ecological Model of African Plio-Pleistocene Hominid Adaptations
The Use of Ecological Hypotheses in Australopithecine Taxonomy1
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| Unique citing works | 87 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,55 |
| Citation span | 1970 - 2025 (56) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 84 |