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SUBMITTER: Val A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4465193 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Val Aurore A Dirks Paul H G M PH Backwell Lucinda R LR d'Errico Francesco F Berger Lee R LR
PloS one 20150610 6
Here we present the results of a taphonomic study of the faunal assemblage associated with the hominin fossils (Australopithecus sediba) from the Malapa site. Results include estimation of body part representation, mortality profiles, type of fragmentation, identification of breakage patterns, and microscopic analysis of bone surfaces. The diversity of the faunal spectrum, presence of animals with climbing proclivities, abundance of complete and/or articulated specimens, occurrence of antimeric ...[more]