Osteopathology and insect traces in the Australopithecus africanus skeleton StW 431

Osteopathology and insect traces in the Australopithecus africanus skeleton StW 431

We present the first application of high-resolution micro computed tomography in an analysis of both the internal and external morphology of the lumbar region of StW 431 – a hominin skeleton recovered from Member 4 infill of the Sterkfontein Caves (South Africa) in 1987. The lumbar vertebrae of the...

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Main Authors: Edward J. Odes, Alexander H. Parkinson, Patrick S. Randolph-Quinney, Bernhard Zipfel, Kudakwashe Jakata, Heather Bonney, Lee R. Berger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Science of South Africa 2017-01-01
Series:South African Journal of Science
Subjects:
Sterkfontein
micro computed tomography
spinal degenerative joint disease
palaeopathology
taphonomy
Online Access:https://www.sajs.co.za/article/view/3580

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