Indications of habitat association of Australopithecus robustus in the Bloubank Valley, South Africa

2008 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 1015-1030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darryl J. de Ruiter ◽  
Matt Sponheimer ◽  
Julia A. Lee-Thorp
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Habitat Association ◽  
Australopithecus Robustus

Diet of Australopithecus robustus at Swartkrans from stable carbon isotopic analysis

1994 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia A. Lee-Thorp ◽  
Nikolaas J. van der Merwe ◽  
C.K. Brain
Keyword(s):  
Isotopic Analysis ◽  
Stable Carbon ◽  
Carbon Isotopic ◽  
Australopithecus Robustus

Immunological reactions from fossil material

1981 ◽  
Vol 292 (1057) ◽  
pp. 143-149 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Data ◽  
Homo Erectus ◽  
Fossil Species ◽  
Specific Analysis ◽  
Environmental Agents ◽  
Specific Proteins ◽  
Living Species ◽  
Immunological Reactions ◽  
Species Specific ◽  
Australopithecus Robustus

Genetic relations among living species can be deduced from biochemical as well as morphological similarities, but our understanding of fossil species has depended entirely on their morphology. Residual proteins in fossils might provide genetic information, but their small quantity and chemical alterations due to time and environmental agents have prevented the obtaining of species-specific analysis. This report describes a radioimmunoassay capable of detecting extremely small amounts of fossil proteins, such as collagen and albumin. Species-specific proteins have been identified in a frozen Siberian mammoth, a Pleistocene bison, and a series of hum an fossils that includes Neanderthal, Homo erectus and Australopithecus robustus . This technique promises to provide molecular data on the genetic affinities of fossil and living species.

The DNH 7 skull of Australopithecus robustus from Drimolen (Main Quarry), South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 151 ◽  
pp. 102913
Author(s):  
Yoel Rak ◽  
William H. Kimbel ◽  
Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi ◽  
Charles A. Lockwood ◽  
Colin Menter
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Australopithecus Robustus
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