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The Hard Evidence of Alveolar Bone Loss in Early Hominids of Southern Africa
Author(s) -
Ripamonti Ugo
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.036
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1943-3670
pISSN - 0022-3492
DOI - 10.1902/jop.1989.60.2.118
Subject(s) - australopithecus , fauna , genus , pleistocene , paleontology , archaeology , geology , biology , geography , zoology , ecology
S ince the discovery at Taung of the first early hominid specimen to be recovered in Africa, designated as Australopithecus africaines 1 , the South African Pliocene and earliest Pleistocene deposits of the Blaauwbank Valley (Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai) in the Transvaal and of Makapansgat in the northern Transvaal, have yielded the most spectacular fossilized hominid remains of the genus Australopithecus and associated fauna, together with some intriguing and fascinating specimens of the genus Homo .