Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 59, Issue 1The Museum, 1971 - Natural history |
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... 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 the supra - orbital arcus more developed , resulting in a more conspicuous ...
... 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 the supra - orbital arcus more developed , resulting in a more conspicuous ...
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... similar to those of P. broomi , whereas male skulls of the latter species are considerably larger than those of the former , suggesting a lesser degree of sexual dimorphism for P. antiquus ( Maier 1971 ) . Figure 2 shows a craniogram of ...
... similar to those of P. broomi , whereas male skulls of the latter species are considerably larger than those of the former , suggesting a lesser degree of sexual dimorphism for P. antiquus ( Maier 1971 ) . Figure 2 shows a craniogram of ...
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... similar to P. broomi , showing a slight tendency to elongation , especially in M3 . Again , P. antiquus appears to be very aberrant with its gradual increase of the index in mesio - distal direction . The indices for the distal breadths ...
... similar to P. broomi , showing a slight tendency to elongation , especially in M3 . Again , P. antiquus appears to be very aberrant with its gradual increase of the index in mesio - distal direction . The indices for the distal breadths ...
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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