African Origins
A researchers’ encounter on African Prehistory
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Latest publications
Stone Age Africa
Herries, A.I.R., Murszewski, A., Pickering, R., (…), Rovinsky, D., Boschian, G. (2018). Quaternary International, Article in Press
Palaeontology Africa
A Dental Microwear Texture Analysis of the Early Pliocene African Ursid Agriotherium africanum (Mammalia, Carnivora, Ursidae)
DD Stynder, LRG DeSantis, SL Donohue, BW Schubert… – Journal of Mammalian …, 2018
… Materials and Methods Specimens As specimens of Ag. africanum are rare,
we were only able to examine six lower second molars (m2) from the site
of LBW, currently curated in the Department of Cenozoic Palaeontology …
Body size downgrading of mammals over the late Quaternary
FA Smith, REE Smith, SK Lyons, JL Payne – Science, 2018
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