The endocast of the Omo L338y‐6 Juvenile Hominid
Gracile or robust Australopithecus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8320399 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ralph L Holloway (Columbia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 109-118 |
| Publication date | 1981-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1330540113 |
| OpenAlex | W1984855117 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 31 |
| References cited | 8 |
This report is a description of a reconstructed endocast of the Omo L338y‐6 Juvenile Hominid, which has been attributed by Rak and Howell (1978) to the Australopithecus boisei taxon. The reconstructed volume obtained is 427 ml. For a variety of reasons, including the specimen's low endocranial volume, the author regards it more likely that this specimen should be attributed to a gracile line of Australopithecus . In addition to having a low endocranial volume, the cerebellar morphology is more reminiscent of the gracile form, the meningeal patterns (as per Saban, 1978) are more indicative of a gracile than robust pattern, and there is no occipital marginal sinus traversing either side of the foramen magnum
Australopithecus · Biology · Crania · Endocast · Foramen magnum · Juvenile · Skull · Anatomy · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Geology · Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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| Unique citing works | 31 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 1980 - 2024 (45) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |