A palaeontological model for determining the limits of early hominid taxonomic variability

dc.contributor.author	Wood, Bernard
dc.date.accessioned	2015-01-06T07:43:27Z
dc.date.available	2015-01-06T07:43:27Z
dc.date.issued	1991
dc.description.abstract	This paper has examined the utility and implications of using Australopithecus boisei as a model for assessing the limits of intraspecific variation in early hominid species. When compared to variation in a sample of lowland gorilla, the coefficient of variation values of the 25 cranial and mandibular, and 44 dental measurements taken on the A. boisei hypodigm were not excessive; the main difference between the two samples was the higher levels of canine variability within gorilla. Levels of variability in A. boisei were compared with those in the hypodigms of A. robustus and A. africanus. In neither case did comparisons demonstrate that those hypodigms were excessively variable. This suggests that if more than one taxon is present within these collections, then any differential diagnosis needs to be based on excessive variation in shape and not size.	en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship	The Leverhulme Trust; The Boise Fund	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	0078-8554
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10539/16171
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research	en_ZA
dc.subject	variation	en_ZA
dc.subject	australopithecine	en_ZA
dc.subject	morphometrics	en_ZA
dc.title	A palaeontological model for determining the limits of early hominid taxonomic variability	en_ZA
dc.type	Article	en_ZA

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