Reassessment of the TM 1517 odonto-postcranial assemblage from Kromdraai B, South Africa, and the maturational pattern of Paranthropus robustus

Cazenave, Marine, Dean, Christopher, Zanolli, Clément, Oettlé, Anna, Hoffman, Jakobus, Tawane, Mirriam, Thackeray, Francis, Macchiarelli, Roberto (2020) Reassessment of the TM 1517 odonto-postcranial assemblage from Kromdraai B, South Africa, and the maturational pattern of Paranthropus robustus. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 172 (4). pp. 714-722. ISSN 0002-9483. E-ISSN 1096-8644. (doi:10.1002/ajpa.24082) (KAR id:84128)

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Abstract

Objectives

By using μXCT techniques, we assessed the developmental stage of the TM 1517b's C‐M3 roots and investigated the inner structure of TM 1517g, TM 1517e, and TM 1517k.

Results

In the hominin fossil record, there are few unambiguously associated craniodental and postcranial remains sampling immature individuals, an essential condition for assessing the taxon‐specific maturational patterns. Our findings corroborate the original association of the craniodental and postcranial remains representing the P. robustus type specimen. As with other Plio‐Pleistocene hominins, the odonto‐postcranial maturational pattern of TM 1517 more closely fits an African great ape rather than the extant human pattern.

Item Type:	Article
DOI/Identification number:	10.1002/ajpa.24082
Uncontrolled keywords:	odonto‐postcranial maturation, P. robustus, TM 1517, X‐ray microtomography
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
Divisions:	Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation
Depositing User:	Marine Cazenave
Date Deposited:	13 Nov 2020 09:58 UTC
Last Modified:	16 Feb 2021 14:16 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/84128 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)
Cazenave, Marine:	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7194-5958

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