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  2. An Enlarged Postcranial Sample Confirmsaustralopithecus Afarensis Dimorphism Was Similar to Modern Humans
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Abstract

In a previous study, we introduced the template method as a means of enlarging the Australopithecus afarensis postcranial sample to more accurately estimate its skeletal dimorphism. Results indicated dimorphism to be largely comparable to that of Homo sapiens. Some have since argued that our results were biased by artificial homogeneity in our Au. afarensis sample. Here we report the results from inclusion of 12 additional, newly reported, specimens. The results are consistent with those of our original study and with the hypothesis that early hominid demographic success derived from a reproductive strategy involving male provisioning of pair-bonded females.
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Article
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10.1098/rstb.2010.0086
Publication Date
2010-10-01
Publication Title
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
Volume
365
Issue
1556
First Page
3355
Last Page
3363
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Department of Anthropology
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Reno, P., McCollum, M., Meindl, R., & Lovejoy, C. (2010). An Enlarged Postcranial Sample Confirmsaustralopithecus Afarensis Dimorphism Was Similar to Modern Humans (1–). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0086
Reno, Philip, Melanie McCollum, Richard Meindl, and C. Lovejoy. 2010. “An Enlarged Postcranial Sample Confirmsaustralopithecus Afarensis Dimorphism Was Similar to Modern Humans”. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0086.
Reno, Philip, et al. An Enlarged Postcranial Sample Confirmsaustralopithecus Afarensis Dimorphism Was Similar to Modern Humans. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 1 Oct. 2010, https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0086.