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Delezene, LK, Skinner, MM, Bailey, SE, Brophy, JK, Elliott, MC, Gurtov, A, Irish, JD, Moggi-Cecchi, J, de Ruiter, DJ, Hawks, J and Berger, LR (2023) Descriptive catalog of Homo naledi dental remains from the 2013 to 2015 excavations of the Dinaledi Chamber, site U.W. 101, within the Rising Star cave system, South Africa. Journal of Human Evolution, 180. ISSN 0047-2484
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Abstract
More than 150 hominin teeth, dated to ∼330–241 thousand years ago, were recovered during the 2013–2015 excavations of the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star cave system, South Africa. These fossils comprise the first large single-site sample of hominin teeth from the Middle Pleistocene of Africa. Though scattered remains attributable to Homo sapiens, or their possible lineal ancestors, are known from older and younger sites across the continent, the distinctive morphological feature set of the Dinaledi teeth supports the recognition of a novel hominin species, Homo naledi. This material provides evidence of African Homo lineage diversity that lasts until at least the Middle Pleistocene. Here, a catalog, anatomical descriptions, and details of preservation and taphonomic alteration are provided for the Dinaledi teeth. Where possible, provisional associations among teeth are also proposed. To facilitate future research, we also provide access to a catalog of surface files of the Rising Star jaws and teeth.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 0603 Evolutionary Biology; 1601 Anthropology; 2101 Archaeology; Anthropology |
| Subjects: | C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology |
| Divisions: | Biological & Environmental Sciences (from Sep 19) |
| Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jun 2023 11:06 |
| Last Modified: | 23 May 2024 00:50 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1016/j.jhevol.2023.103372 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/19571 |
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