First record of hominid teeth from the Plio-Pleistocene site of Gondolin, South Africa

Menter, Colin G.; Kuykendall, Kevin L.; Keyser, A. W.; Conroy, Glenn C.

doi:10.1006/jhev.1999.0329

Cited by 59 publications

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“…Key publications : Broom, 1938: Broom, , 1949Grine, 1989;Berger et al, 1995;Menter et al, 1999;Keyser, 2000;Steininger and Berger, 2000;Thackeray et al, 2001;de Ruiter et al, 2009 Main sites: Localities in Gauteng, South Africa: Cooper's, Drimolen, Kromdraai (Member 3), Sterkfontein (Member 5b) and Swartkrans (Members 1, 2, and 3). Gondolin in the North West Province, South Africa.…”

Section: Paranthropus Robustusmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hominin taxic diversity: Fact or fantasy?

Wood

Boyle

2016

American J Phys Anthropol

161

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In this review of the evidence for and against taxic diversity within the hominin clade, we begin by looking at the logic and the history of simple "ladder-like" interpretations of the hominin fossil record. We then look at the hominin fossil record in a series of time intervals and use current published evidence about the first and last appearance dates of each taxon to decide whether a species or specimens should be included in one, or more, of the intervals. Within each time interval, we consider the strength of the evidence that more than one hominin species is sampled. Decisions about whether taxonomic diversity exists depend on what alpha taxonomic hypotheses are used and although we use a relatively speciose interpretation of the hominin fossil record, we also explore what impact more inclusive interpretations of alpha taxonomy would have on assessments of hominin taxic diversity. With the exception of the oldest (7-5 Ma) all of the other time intervals have in our judgment at least one well-supported example of taxic diversity and several have multiple examples. In summary, not all new hominin taxa are created equally, but while taxic diversity may not be as prevalent as some have claimed, it is a feature of the hominin clade from 4 Ma until c.40 ka years ago. Am J Phys Anthropol 159:S37-S78,

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Section: Paranthropus Robustusmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hominin taxic diversity: Fact or fantasy?

Wood

Boyle

2016

American J Phys Anthropol

161

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“…37 In addition, the recovery of a large, ''P. boisei size'' molar from Gondolin 38 suggests that it would be worthwhile to consider whether the recent discoveries in southern Africa at this site and at Drimolen 39 may have closed the morphological gap between P. robustus and P. boisei. However, recent studies addressing these issues have found no support for taxonomic revision based on the current evidence.…”

Section: How Many Species?mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Evolution of Zinjanthropus boisei

Constantino

Wood

2007

Evolutionary Anthropology

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Many people assume that OH 5, the type specimen of Paranthropus boisei, collected in 1959, was the first evidence of that taxon to be found, but OH 3, recovered in 1955, predated the discovery of OH 5 by four years. Thus, Paranthropus boisei recently celebrated the equivalent of its fiftieth birthday. This review marks that milestone by examining the way our understanding of this taxon has changed during its fifty, or so, year history.

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“…In 1997, two hominin teeth were discovered in a "breccia" dump at Gondolin, some 20 km northwest of the other Paranthropusbearing sites (Menter et al, 1999) (Fig. 1).…”

Section: Gondolinmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…This has been interpreted as suggesting deposition either just prior to or immediately following the Olduvai subchron (Adams et al, 2007). Adams et al (2007) argued that GD 1 is the likely source for the "breccia" blocks in Dump GDA that yielded two hominin teeth (Menter et al, 1999).…”

Section: Gondolinmentioning

confidence: 98%