The Cradle of Humankind: A Pivotal Decade for Science in South Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 119-150
Author(s):  
Suryakanthie Chetty
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cradle Of Humankind

scholarly journals Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa

eLife ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee R Berger ◽  
John Hawks ◽  
Darryl J de Ruiter ◽  
Steven E Churchill ◽  
Peter Schmid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Homo Erectus ◽  
Cranial Morphology ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Early Homo ◽  
Homo Habilis ◽  
Cave System ◽  
Unknown Species ◽  
Cradle Of Humankind

Homo naledi is a previously-unknown species of extinct hominin discovered within the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa. This species is characterized by body mass and stature similar to small-bodied human populations but a small endocranial volume similar to australopiths. 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. H. naledi has humanlike manipulatory adaptations of the hand and wrist. It also exhibits a humanlike foot and lower limb. These humanlike aspects are contrasted in the postcrania with a more primitive or australopith-like trunk, shoulder, pelvis and proximal femur. Representing at least 15 individuals with most skeletal elements repeated multiple times, this is the largest assemblage of a single species of hominins yet discovered in Africa.

scholarly journals Effects of long soil surface residence times on apparent cosmogenic nuclide denudation rates and burial ages in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (15) ◽  
pp. 2968-2981 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.V. Makhubela ◽  
J.D. Kramers ◽  
D. Scherler ◽  
H. Wittmann ◽  
P.H.G.M. Dirks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Residence Times ◽  
Cosmogenic Nuclide ◽  
Denudation Rates ◽  
Cradle Of Humankind

Using 10Be cosmogenic isotopes to estimate erosion rates and landscape changes during the Plio-Pleistocene in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 96 ◽  
pp. 19-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul H.G.M. Dirks ◽  
Christa J. Placzek ◽  
David Fink ◽  
Anthony Dosseto ◽  
Eric Roberts
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Landscape Changes ◽  
Cosmogenic Isotopes ◽  
Erosion Rates ◽  
Cradle Of Humankind

Mid-Pliocene bald ibis (Geronticus cf. calvus; Aves: Threskiornithidae) from the Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng, South Africa and its environmental and evolutionary implications

PalZ ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Pavia ◽  
Gregory B. P. Davies ◽  
Dominique Gommery ◽  
Lazarus Kgasi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cradle Of Humankind
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