Osteopathology and insect traces in the Australopithecus africanus skeleton StW 431

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dc.citation.doi10.17159/sajs.2017/20160143en_ZA
dc.citation.issue1-2en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorZipfel, B.
dc.contributor.authorJakata, K.
dc.contributor.authorBonney, H.
dc.contributor.authorOdes, E.J.
dc.contributor.authorParkinson, A.H.
dc.contributor.authorRandolph-Quinney, P.S.
dc.contributor.authorBerger, L.R.
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-26T14:35:57Z
dc.date.available2017-10-26T14:35:57Z
dc.date.issued2017-01
dc.description.abstractWe 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 individual present a number of proliferative and erosive bony processes, which were investigated in this study. Investigations suggest a complex history of taphonomic alteration to pre-existing spinal degenerative joint disease (SDJD) as well as post-mortem modification by an unknown insect. This study is in agreement with previous pathological diagnoses of SDJD which affected StW 431 and is the first time insect traces on this hominin are described. The results of this analysis attest to the complex series of post-mortem processes affecting the Sterkfontein site and its fossil assemblages.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianEM2017en_ZA
dc.funderDST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences; National Research Foundation (South Africa); University of the Witwatersranden_ZA
dc.identifier.citationOdes, E. J. et al. 2017. Osteopathology and insect traces in the Australopithecus africanus skeleton StW 431. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 113(1-2), Article number 2016-0143.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0038-2353 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn1996-7489 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/23335
dc.journal.titleSouth African Journal of Scienceen_ZA
dc.journal.volume113en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAcademy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)en_ZA
dc.rights© 2017. The Author(s). Published under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.en_ZA
dc.subjectMicro computed tomographyen_ZA
dc.subjectPalaeopathologyen_ZA
dc.subjectSpinal degenerative joint diseaseen_ZA
dc.subjectSterkfonteinen_ZA
dc.subjectTaphonomyen_ZA
dc.subjectBoneen_ZA
dc.subjectDisease incidenceen_ZA
dc.subjectFossil assemblageen_ZA
dc.subjectHominiden_ZA
dc.subjectInsecten_ZA
dc.subjectMorphologyen_ZA
dc.subjectOsteologyen_ZA
dc.subjectPaleoecologyen_ZA
dc.subjectPathologyen_ZA
dc.subjectSkeletonen_ZA
dc.subjectTomographyen_ZA
dc.subjectTrace fossilen_ZA
dc.subjectGautengen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectAustralopithecus africanusen_ZA
dc.subjectHexapodaen_ZA
dc.titleOsteopathology and insect traces in the Australopithecus africanus skeleton StW 431en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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