Paleobiology of Australopithecus /
xiii, 282 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm. - (Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology series ) Content notes : Introduction : Issues in the life and times of Australopithecus / Kaye E. Reed --
Part I: Geological and paleontological context
2. Age ranges of Australopithecus species, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Tanzania / Francis H. Brown, Ian McDougall and Patrick N. Gathogo --
3. A multi-disciplinary perspective on the age of Australopithecus in southern Africa / Andy I.R. Herries, Robyn Pickering, Justin W. Adams, Darren Curnoe, Ginette Warr, Alf G. Latham and John Shaw --
4. Reconstructing the habitats of Australopithecus : paleoenvironments, site taphonomy, and faunas / Anna K. Behrensmeyer and Kaye E. Reed --
Part II: Sites and Species
5. Australopithecus in Ethiopia / Zeresenay Alemseged --
6. The alpha taxonomy of Australopithecus africanus / Frederick E. Grine --
7. Australopithecus from Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa / Ronald Clarke --
8. Variation in mandibular postcanine dental morphology and hominin species representation in Member 4, Sterkfontein, South Africa / Frederick E. Grine, Marcia M. Delanty and Bernard A. Wood --
9. Australopithecus sediba from Malapa, South Africa / Darryl J. de Ruiter, Steven E. Churchill and Lee R. Berger --
Part III: Biogeography
10. Comparative evolutionary models and the "Australopith radiations" / Robert A. Foley --
11. Whence Australopithecus africanus? : comparing the skulls of South African and East African Australopithecus / Charles Lockwood --
12. The biogeographic implications of early hominin phylogeny / David S. Strait --
Part IV: Paleobiology
13. Sexual size dimorphism in Australopithecus : current understanding and new directions / Adam D. Gordon --
14. Molar microwear, diet and adaptation in a purported hominin species lineage from the Pliocene of East Africa / Frederick E. Grine, Peter S. Ungar, Mark F. Teaford and Sireen El-Zaatari -- 15. Some ruminations on australopith diets / Matt Sponheimer --
16. Postural and locomotor adaptations of Australopithecus species / Carol V. Ward --
17. Shoulder morphology in early hominin evolution / Susan G. Larson --
18. Age and sex differences in the locomotor skeleton of Australopithecus / Elizabeth H. Harmon--
Subject Index--
Specimen Index--
Site/Locality Index-- Paleobiology - Congresses. - East Africa Paleobiology - Congresses. - Southern Africa Fossil hominids - Congresses. - East Africa Fossil hominids - Congresses. - Southern Africa Fleagle, John G.,Leakey, Richard E.,
