Palaeomagnetic analysis of the Sterkfontein palaeocave deposits: Implications for the age of the hominin fossils and stone tool industries

2011/03/11 by Andy I.R. Herries, John Shaw · 3 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · #Archaeology #Cave #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Facies #Geography #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Paleomagnetism #Paleontology #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Siltstone #Speleothem #Structural basin

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.09.001

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Citations

• Early hominin diet included diverse terrestrial and aquatic animals 1.95 Ma in East Turkana, Kenya
• The context of Stw 573, an early hominid skull and skeleton from Sterkfontein Member 2: taphonomy and paleoenvironment
• Early human use of marine resources and pigment in South Africa during the Middle Pleistocene
• African climate change and faunal evolution during the Pliocene–Pleistocene
• A review of early Homo in southern Africa focusing on cranial, mandibular and dental remains, with the description of a new species (Homo gautengensis sp. nov.)
• A multi-disciplinary seriation of early Homo and Paranthropus bearing palaeocaves in southern Africa

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• A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective on the Age of Australopithecus in Southern Africa
• World Subterranean Heritage
• Sterkfontein [wikipedia]