Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 59, Issue 1The Museum, 1971 - Natural history |
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... distinctly greater than in M.3078 , whereas the length measurements are very similar . The degree of excavation of the canine fossae is nearly identical in both specimens . In the present cranium the orbits seem to be more flattened and ...
... distinctly greater than in M.3078 , whereas the length measurements are very similar . The degree of excavation of the canine fossae is nearly identical in both specimens . In the present cranium the orbits seem to be more flattened and ...
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... distinctly longer in P. antiquus , whereas mesial ( maximum ) breadth . 100 length 110 105 100 95 90 014 110 105 distal breadth length ..100 100 95 P. broomi P. whitei P. antiquus P. jonesi 90 · - P4 M1 M2 M3 FIG . 3. Breadth / length ...
... distinctly longer in P. antiquus , whereas mesial ( maximum ) breadth . 100 length 110 105 100 95 90 014 110 105 distal breadth length ..100 100 95 P. broomi P. whitei P. antiquus P. jonesi 90 · - P4 M1 M2 M3 FIG . 3. Breadth / length ...
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... whereas Taung ' was distinctly more desert - like than . . . the other deposits ' ( Ewer 1957 : 139 ) . Zoogeographically Makapansgat shows more affinities with central Africa than the other sites . Considering these difficulties ...
... whereas Taung ' was distinctly more desert - like than . . . the other deposits ' ( Ewer 1957 : 139 ) . Zoogeographically Makapansgat shows more affinities with central Africa than the other sites . Considering these difficulties ...
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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