Mechanical evidence that Australopithecus sediba was limited in its ability to eat hard foods
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Ledogar, J., Smith, A., Benazzi, S., Weber, G., Spencer, M., Carlson, K., McNulty, K., Dechow, P., Grosse, I., Ross, C., Richmond, B., Wright, B., Wang, Q., Byron, C., Carlson, K., de Ruiter, D., Berger, L., Tamvada, K., Pryor, L., Berthaume, M. and Strait, D. (2016). Mechanical evidence that Australopithecus sediba was limited in its ability to eat hard foods. Nature Communications. 7 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10596
Authors | Ledogar, J., Smith, A., Benazzi, S., Weber, G., Spencer, M., Carlson, K., McNulty, K., Dechow, P., Grosse, I., Ross, C., Richmond, B., Wright, B., Wang, Q., Byron, C., Carlson, K., de Ruiter, D., Berger, L., Tamvada, K., Pryor, L., Berthaume, M. and Strait, D. |
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Abstract | Australopithecus sediba has been hypothesized to be a close relative of the genus Homo. Here we show that MH1, the type specimen of A. sediba, was not optimized to produce high molar bite force and appears to have been limited in its ability to consume foods that were mechanically challenging to eat. Dental microwear data have previously been |
Year | 2016 |
Journal | Nature Communications |
Journal citation | 7 (1) |
Publisher | Springer Nature Publishing |
ISSN | 2041-1723 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10596 |
Publication dates | |
08 Feb 2016 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 04 Jan 2016 |
Deposited | 13 Nov 2019 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/88749
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