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Another Look at the Australopithecine Cave Breccias of the Transvaal 1
Author(s) -
Butzer Karl W.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1971.73.5.02a00180
Subject(s) - breccia , cave , archaeology , geology , geochemistry , geography
A reexamination of sediments from the Transvaal Australopithecine cave breccias suggests that at each site accumulation took place under relatively dry conditions. The sediments themselves do not support the hypothesis of alternating occupations under different climatic and vegetational conditions by australopithecines with distinct dietary adaptations .