Trabecular evidence for a human-like gait in Australopithecus africanus. by Meir M Barak, Daniel E Lieberman, David Raichlen, Herman Pontzer, Anna G Warrener, Jean-Jacques Hublin

“…Analyses of the orientation of these struts using microCT scans in a sample of fossil tibiae from the site of Sterkfontein, of which two are assigned to Australopithecus africanus, indicate that these hominins primarily loaded their ankles in a relatively extended posture like modern humans and unlike chimpanzees. …”
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Sacrum morphology supports taxonomic heterogeneity of “Australopithecus africanus” at Sterkfontein Member 4 by Cinzia Fornai, Viktoria A. Krenn, Philipp Mitteroecker, Nicole M. Webb, Martin Haeusler

“…Fornai et al. present a geometric morphometric study of the sacrum in two alleged Australopithecus africanus specimens from Sterkfontein Member 4, South Africa. …”
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The cranium of Sts 5 ('Mrs Ples') in relation to sexual dimorphism of Australopithecus africanus by Gaokgatlhe M. Tawane, J. Francis Thackeray

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On the relationship between maxillary molar root shape and jaw kinematics in Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus robustus by Kornelius Kupczik, Viviana Toro-Ibacache, Gabriele A. Macho

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Developmental stress in South African hominins: Comparison of recurrent enamel hypoplasias in Australopithecus africanus and Homo naledi by Mark F. Skinner

“…Discovery of a new hominin (Homo naledi) in the same geographical area as Australopithecus africanus creates the opportunity to compare developmental dental stress in higher latitude hominins with low that in latitude apes, among whom repetitive linear enamel hypoplasia (rLEH) recurs seasonally at about 6 or 12 months. …”
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Revisiting the peroneal trochlea of the StW 352 calcaneus by Ellison J. McNutt, Alexander G. Claxton, Kristian J. Carlson

Subjects: “…Australopithecus africanus…”
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A hominin first rib discovered at the Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa by Gaokgatlhe Tawane, Daniel García-Martínez, Jennifer Eyre, Markus Bastir, Lee Berger, Peter Schmid, Shahed Nalla, Scott A. Williams

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Revised estimates of Taung’s brain size growth by Robert McCarthy, Emily Zimel

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W poszukiwaniu „brakującego ogniwa” by Jacek Tomczyk

Subjects: “…Australopithecus africanus…”
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Hominin lower limb bones from Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa (1998–2003 excavations) by Travis Rayne Pickering, Jason L. Heaton, Ron J. Clarke, Dominic Stratford, A.J. Heile

“…The fossils are likely assignable to Australopithecus africanus and/or Australopithecus prometheus and the morphology of each corroborates previous interpretations of Sterkfontein hominins as at least facultative bipeds. …”
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Fossil Carder Bee's Nest from the Hominin Locality of Taung, South Africa. by Jennifer F Parker, Philip J Hopley, Brian F Kuhn

“…The Buxton-Norlim Limeworks southwest of Taung, South Africa, is renowned for the discovery of the first Australopithecus africanus fossil, the 'Taung Child'. The hominin was recovered from a distinctive pink calcrete that contains an abundance of invertebrate ichnofauna belonging to the Coprinisphaera ichnofacies. …”
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Possible brucellosis in an early hominin skeleton from sterkfontein, South Africa. by Ruggero D'Anastasio, Bernhard Zipfel, Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi, Roscoe Stanyon, Luigi Capasso

“…We report on the paleopathological analysis of the partial skeleton of the late Pliocene hominin species Australopithecus africanus Stw 431 from Sterkfontein, South Africa. …”
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Shape Ontogeny of the Distal Femur in the Hominidae with Implications for the Evolution of Bipedality. by Melissa Tallman

“…Early Homo and Australopithecus africanus fossils fell on the modern human ontogenetic shape trajectory and were most similar to either adult or adolescent modern humans while specimens of Australopithecus afarensis were more similar to Gorilla/Pan. …”
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Interpreting sulci on hominin endocasts: Old hypotheses and new findings by Dean eFalk, Dean eFalk

“…The comparative and direct evidence for all three regions suggests that hominin brain reorganization was underway by at least the time of Australopithecus africanus (~ 2.5 to 3.0 mya), despite the ape-sized brains of these hominins, and that it entailed expansion of both rostral and caudal association cortices.…”
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Hard-object feeding in sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) and interpretation of early hominin feeding ecology. by David J Daegling, W Scott McGraw, Peter S Ungar, James D Pampush, Anna E Vick, E Anderson Bitty

“…Recent theoretical analysis of craniofacial morphology of Australopithecus africanus proposes that skull form in this taxon represents adaptation to feeding on large, hard objects. …”
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Tertiary Dentine Frequencies in Extant Great Apes and Fossil Hominins by Ian Towle

“…In this study the presence of tertiary dentine was recorded in three South African fossil hominin species ('Australopithecus africanus, Homo naledi and Paranthropus robustus'), and two extant great ape species ('Gorilla gorilla gorilla' and 'Pan troglodytes'). …”
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Mandibular ramus morphology and species identification in Australopithecus sediba by John Hawks, Lee R. Berger

“…Significance: This study shows that the mandibular variation that is present in fossils from Malapa attributed to Australopithecus sediba has parallels in both Australopithecus africanus and in Homo. This helps to demonstrate that mandibular form is not sufficient to provide evidence of species diagnosis, but also that the development and adaptations to diet in Au. sediba were overlapping with those present in other related species of hominins. …”
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Stable carbon isotope and molar microwear variability of South African australopiths in relation to paleohabitats and taxonomy by Grine, FE, Lee-Thorp, J, Blumenthal, S, Sponheimer, M, Teaford, M, Ungar, PS, van der Merwe, NJ, Yang, D

“…We evaluate variation in microwear texture and carbon isotope composition in Australopithecus africanus and Paranthropus robustus in relation to paleoenvironmental reconstructions for the deposits from which these fossils derive. …”

Dental ontogeny in pliocene and early pleistocene hominins. by Tanya M Smith, Paul Tafforeau, Adeline Le Cabec, Anne Bonnin, Alexandra Houssaye, Joane Pouech, Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi, Fredrick Manthi, Carol Ward, Masrour Makaremi, Colin G Menter

“…We employ non-destructive synchrotron imaging to characterize incremental development, molar emergence, and age at death in more than 20 Australopithecus anamensis, Australopithecus africanus, Paranthropus robustus and South African early Homo juveniles. …”
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The use of Z-scores to facilitate morphometric comparisons between African Plio-Pleistocene hominin fossils: An example of method by J. Francis Thackeray, Ottmar Kullmer

“… • Two Tanzanian specimens of Homo habilis (the OH 7 mandible of the holotype specimen, and the OH 24 skull) can be used as reference material for morphometric comparisons with other fossils (mandibles or crania) attributed to Australopithecus africanus, A. afarensis, H. erectus and H. rudolfensis…”
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