Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 59, Issue 1The Museum, 1971 - Natural history |
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... cusps , and particularly the disto - buccal cusps are conspicuously reduced in size . ( 2 ) Specimen M.3079 This specimen is not as complete as the first one . It comprises only a fairly well - preserved facial skeleton and the frontal ...
... cusps , and particularly the disto - buccal cusps are conspicuously reduced in size . ( 2 ) Specimen M.3079 This specimen is not as complete as the first one . It comprises only a fairly well - preserved facial skeleton and the frontal ...
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... cusps , which is typical for Parapapio antiquus . DISCUSSION The two new skulls , described above , add in many respects to our knowledge of the fossil species Parapapio antiquus , which so far has been found only at Taung . These two ...
... cusps , which is typical for Parapapio antiquus . DISCUSSION The two new skulls , described above , add in many respects to our knowledge of the fossil species Parapapio antiquus , which so far has been found only at Taung . These two ...
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... cusps in all molars . Absolutely this reduction is most pronounced in M3 , whereas the relative value is lowest for M2 . Judging from tooth size and morphology , P. jonesi could tentatively be regarded as the most primitive of the ...
... cusps in all molars . Absolutely this reduction is most pronounced in M3 , whereas the relative value is lowest for M2 . Judging from tooth size and morphology , P. jonesi could tentatively be regarded as the most primitive of the ...
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alveolar alveoli ANTIQUUS FROM TAUNG archaeol arcus Australopithecinae Australopithecus africanus Background to evolution braincase breccia canine fossae Cape Province cave deposits cercopithecoid Chemeron Beds cranial degree of sexual described Papio differences distal cusps distinctly East African Elephantidae elongated evolution in Africa Faunal Span female skulls fossil Cercopithecoidea Freedman frontal genus Parapapio Haughton incisors indicating jugal arch Kanapoi Kenya Koobi Koobi Fora KURTÉN LEAKEY locality of Australopithecus Lond M² and M³ Maier Makapan Makapansgat male skull maxillary crests morphology muzzle dorsum Nasal aperture nuchal old female orbital breadth Papio izodi Papio wellsi Parapapio antiquus Parapapio broomi Plio Plio-Pleistocene premolars present cranium reduction sexual dimorphism similar in tooth Simopithecus sp skulls of Parapapio small Parapapio jonesi South Africa species of Parapapio Sterkfontein Swartkrans and Kromdraai Table Taung Taung deposit taxa taxon temporal crests third molar tooth row Transvaal Museum true baboon W. W. & CLARK whereas Taung whitei