A partial skull of Paranthropus robustus from Cooper's Cave, South Africa.

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dc.citation.doihttp://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC96778en_ZA
dc.citation.epage146en_ZA
dc.citation.issueMarch/Aprilen_ZA
dc.citation.spage143en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBerger, L.R.
dc.contributor.authorKuhn, B.F.
dc.contributor.authorSteininger, C.
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-16T14:20:39Z
dc.date.available2016-11-16T14:20:39Z
dc.date.issued2008-03
dc.description.abstractA partial hominin skull (COB 101) was identified in the fossil collections of the Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, attributed to the Cooper's Cave site in South Africa. The find represents the most complete hominin specimen recovered from localities at this site to date. COB 101 comprises the supraorbital, zygomatic, infraorbital and nasoalveolar regions of the right side, and the right upper third premolar. The specimen has undergone post-depositional distortion that resulted in the flattening of the facial structures. Here we describe and compare COB 101 with other hominin material from Africa and find that this specimen shares numerous diagnostic features with Paranthropus robustus. The discovery of COB 101 augments the number of specimens attributed to this species from other South African sites and other Cooper's Cave localities.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianNCS2016.en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSteininger, C., Berger, L.R. and Kuhn,B.F. 2008. A partial skull of Paranthropus robustus from Cooper's Cave, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 104 (3/4), pp.143-146.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0038-2353 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn1996-7489 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/21450
dc.journal.titleSouth African Journal of Scienceen_ZA
dc.journal.volume104en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAcademy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)en_ZA
dc.subjectcaveen_ZA
dc.subjectcomparative studyen_ZA
dc.subjecthominiden_ZA
dc.subjectskullen_ZA
dc.subjecttoothen_ZA
dc.subjectParanthropus robustusen_ZA
dc.titleA partial skull of Paranthropus robustus from Cooper's Cave, South Africa.en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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