Early hominins and paleoecology of the Koobi Fora Formation, Lake Turkana Basin, Kenya by Bobe, R, D'Oliveira Coelho, J, Carvalho, S, Leakey, M

“…Nearly 250 hominin specimens are documented from East Turkana, representing the species Australopithecus anamensis, A. afarensis, Paranthropus boisei, Homo rudolfensis, H. habilis, and H. erectus (or ergaster) (M.G. …”

Les premiers représentants du genre Homo, en quête d’une identité. Apports de l’étude morphologique et de l’analyse cladistique by Sandrine Prat

“…Four main hypotheses have been advanced: (1) the specimens from Olduvai, East Turkana and Omo belong to the same palaeospecies:  Homo habilis sensu lato; (2) the hypodigm is heterogenous; two species could be defined : Homo habilis sensu stricto and Homo rudolfensis; (3) these specimens do not belong to the genus Homo but to Australopithecus or (4) Kenyanthropus. …”
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Ledi-Geraru strikes again: Morphological affinities of the LD 350-1 mandible with early Homo by WALTER NEVES, MARIA H. SENGER, GABRIEL ROCHA, LINCOLN SUESDEK, MARK HUBBE

“…The challenge in finding clear autapomorphies for Homo has even led to debates about the classification of Homo habilis and Homo rudolfensis as part of our genus. These debates are further complicated by the scarcity of fossils in the timeframe of appearance of our genus, making any fossils dated to between 3.0 and 2.5 Ma of particular relevance in the context of this discussion. …”
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Hominin diversity and high environmental variability in the Okote Member, Koobi Fora Formation, Kenya by Bobe, R, Carvalho, S

“…This peak in diversity included the Hominini, with the species P. boisei, Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis, and Homo erectus co-occurring at around 1.8 Ma. …”

Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa by Lee R Berger, John Hawks, Darryl J de Ruiter, Steven E Churchill, Peter Schmid, Lucas K Delezene, Tracy L Kivell, Heather M Garvin, Scott A Williams, Jeremy M DeSilva, Matthew M Skinner, Charles M Musiba, Noel Cameron, Trenton W Holliday, William Harcourt-Smith, Rebecca R Ackermann, Markus Bastir, Barry Bogin, Debra Bolter, Juliet Brophy, Zachary D Cofran, Kimberly A Congdon, Andrew S Deane, Mana Dembo, Michelle Drapeau, Marina C Elliott, Elen M Feuerriegel, Daniel Garcia-Martinez, David J Green, Alia Gurtov, Joel D Irish, Ashley Kruger, Myra F Laird, Damiano Marchi, Marc R Meyer, Shahed Nalla, Enquye W Negash, Caley M Orr, Davorka Radovcic, Lauren Schroeder, Jill E Scott, Zachary Throckmorton, Matthew W Tocheri, Caroline VanSickle, Christopher S Walker, Pianpian Wei, Bernhard Zipfel

“…Cranial morphology of H. naledi is unique, but most similar to early Homo species including Homo erectus, Homo habilis or Homo rudolfensis. While primitive, the dentition is generally small and simple in occlusal morphology. …”
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Révision de l’espèce Homo erectus (Dubois, 1893) by Valéry Zeitoun

“…At least four species can be recognized: Homo rudolfensis (Alexeev, 1978) for KNMER 1470 and Homo ergaster Groves and Mazak 1975 for KNMER 1813 according to Groves, 1989 (p. 239). …”
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