The identification of species in the fossil record has long vexed paleontologists because of
its inherent difficulty, and it has long preoccupied them because of its fundamental …

Abstract The ca. 3.67 Ma adult skeleton known as 'Little Foot'(StW 573), recovered from
Sterkfontein Member 2 breccia in the Silberberg Grotto, is remarkable for its morphology and …

The possibility that the fossils attributed to Australopithecus africanus represent more than a
single species is of significance because of the pivotal role that A. africanus has played in …

There has been a long debate about the possibility of multiple contemporaneous species of
Australopithecus in both eastern and southern Africa, potentially exhibiting different forms of …

The discovery of the nearly complete Plio-Pleistocene skeleton StW 573 Australopithecus
prometheus from Sterkfontein Member 2, South Africa, has intensified debates as to whether …

There has been a long debate about the possibility of multiple contemporaneous species of
Australopithecus in both eastern and southern Africa, potentially exhibiting different forms of …

Taken as a whole, the Sterkfontein Cave hominin fossil assemblage, particularly from
Member 4 (Partridge, 1978; Kuman and Clarke, 2000), provides a unique opportunity to …