Taphonomic Analysis of the Faunal Assemblage Associated with the Hominins (Australopithecus sediba) from the Early Pleistocene Cave Deposits of Malapa, South Africa. by Aurore Val, Paul H G M Dirks, Lucinda R Backwell, Francesco d'Errico, Lee R Berger

“…Here we present the results of a taphonomic study of the faunal assemblage associated with the hominin fossils (Australopithecus sediba) from the Malapa site. Results include estimation of body part representation, mortality profiles, type of fragmentation, identification of breakage patterns, and microscopic analysis of bone surfaces. …”
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Building a nation one project at a time: Reply to 'On human evolution, <i>Australopithecus sediba</i> and nation building' by Lee Berger

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Building a nation one project at a time: Reply to 'On human evolution, <i>Australopithecus sediba</i> and nation building' by Lee Berger

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Building a nation one project at a time: Reply to 'On human evolution, <i>Australopithecus sediba</i> and nation building' by Lee Berger

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Building a nation one project at a time: Reply to ‘On human evolution, <i>Australopithecus sediba</i> and nation building’ by Lee Berger

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One hominin taxon or two at Malapa Cave? Implications for the origins of Homo by Yoel Rak, Eli Geffen, William Hylander, Avishag Ginzburg, Ella Been

Subjects: “…Australopithecus sediba…”
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Morphological affinities of Homo naledi with other Plio-Pleistocene hominins: a phenetic approach by WALTER A. NEVES, DANILO V. BERNARDO, IVAN PANTALEONI

“…This can also be applied to Australopithecus sediba.…”
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Carnivoran remains from the Malapa hominin site, South Africa. by Brian F Kuhn, Lars Werdelin, Adam Hartstone-Rose, Rodrigo S Lacruz, Lee R Berger

“…Recent discoveries at the new hominin-bearing deposits of Malapa, South Africa, have yielded a rich faunal assemblage associated with the newly described hominin taxon Australopithecus sediba. Dating of this deposit using U-Pb and palaeomagnetic methods has provided an age of 1.977 Ma, being one of the most accurately dated, time constrained deposits in the Plio-Pleistocene of southern Africa. …”
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Homoplasy in the evolution of modern human-like joint proportions in Australopithecus afarensis by Anjali M Prabhat, Catherine K Miller, Thomas Cody Prang, Jeffrey Spear, Scott A Williams, Jeremy M DeSilva

“…Here, we find the limb joint proportions of Australopithecus afarensis, Homo erectus, and Homo naledi to resemble those of modern humans, whereas those of A. africanus, Australopithecus sediba, Paranthropus robustus, Paranthropus boisei, Homo habilis, and Homo floresiensis are more ape-like. …”
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Palaeomagnetic and synchrotron analysis of >1.95 Ma fossil-bearing palaeokarst at Haasgat, South Africa by Andy I.R. Herries, Peter Kappen, Anthony D.T. Kegley, David Patterson, Daryl L. Howard, Martin D. de Jonge, Stephany Potze, Justin W. Adams

“…Haasgat therefore dates to an interesting time period in South African human evolution that saw the last occurrence of two australopith species at ~2.05–2.02 Ma (Sts5 Australopithecus africanus from Sterkfontein Member 4) to ~1.98 Ma ( Australopithecus sediba from Malapa) and the first occurrence of early Homo (Sk847), Paranthropus and the Oldowan within Swartkrans Member 1 between ~2.0 Ma and ~1.8 Ma.…”
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