Further evidence for eagle predation of, and feeding damage on, the Taung child.

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dc.citation.epage498en_ZA
dc.citation.issue11/12en_ZA
dc.citation.spage496en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBerger, L.R.
dc.contributor.authorMcGraw, W.S.
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-09T13:20:35Z
dc.date.available2016-11-09T13:20:35Z
dc.date.issued2007-11
dc.description.abstractWe present new evidence supporting the hypothesis that a large raptor was responsible for the death of the c. 2.0-Myr-old Taung child, holotype of the early hominin species Australopithecus africanus. We compare the Taung child's skull with those of monkeys killed and eaten by modern crowned eagles, Stephanoaetus coronatus, in the Ivory Coast's Tai Forest. Close inspection of primate feeding remains from these large, powerful raptors reveals scratch marks in the orbital, frontal, temporal, parietal and occipital regions. Scratches similar in size and distribution are also present on the Taung child's skull. The new taphonomic evidence, combined with previously recognized similarities in breakage patterns and other assemblage characteristics, bolsters the case that a large bird of prey was responsible for the death of the juvenile hominin from Taung.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianNCS2016en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBerger, L.R.and McGraw, W.S. 2007. Further evidence for eagle predation of, and feeding damage on, the Taung child. South African Journal of Science 103 (11/12), pp. 496-498.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0038-2353 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn1996-7489 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/21436
dc.journal.titleSouth African Journal of Scienceen_ZA
dc.journal.volume103en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherASSAfen_ZA
dc.subjectfeeding behavioren_ZA
dc.subjectpredationen_ZA
dc.subjectprimateen_ZA
dc.subjectraptoren_ZA
dc.subjecttaphonomyen_ZA
dc.titleFurther evidence for eagle predation of, and feeding damage on, the Taung child.en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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