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Irish, JD, Guatelli-Steinberg, D, Legge, SS, de Ruiter, DJ and Berger, LR (2014) News and views: Response to 'Non-metric dental traits and hominin phylogeny' by Carter et al., with additional information on the Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System and phylogenetic 'place' of Australopithecus sediba. Journal of Human Evolution, 69. pp. 129-134. ISSN 0047-2484
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Abstract
Here we respond to Carter and colleagues’ (2013) remarks concerning our Science article (Irish et al., 2013). The goals for that article were to: 1) further characterize Australopithecus sediba by describing 22 Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System (ASUDAS) traits, 2) compare the traits in A. sediba with those previously recorded in other hominin samples, and 3) present initial phylogenetic analyses using these data. Given the subset of traits, out of 125 possible (below), and small A. sediba sample, our conclusion was that the results “further define [the species’] position relative to other genera,” but that “the phylogenetic place of A. sediba has not been settled” (Irish et al., 2013: 1233062–12330624). These goals were met, as a basis for more comprehensive study. Below we summarize and reply to the eight objections of Carter et al. (2013), while: 1) demonstrating that there is a strong theoretical basis for using the ASUDAS in phylogenetic analyses, 2) presenting results (which corroborate previous cladistic analyses) that are congruent using different methodological approaches, and 3) introducing new results using a second outgroup, Pan troglodytes, that fully uphold our original analysis.
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| Additional Information: | This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Human Evolution. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Human Evolution, vol.64, April 2014, pp.129-34. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.01.004 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 0603 Evolutionary Biology, 1601 Anthropology, 2101 Archaeology |
| Subjects: | C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CB History of civilization Q Science > QH Natural history |
| Divisions: | Natural Sciences & Psychology (closed 31 Aug 19) |
| Publisher: | ACADEMIC PRESS LTD - ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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| Date Deposited: | 18 Mar 2015 12:42 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 14:34 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.01.004 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/758 |
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