The Postcranial Anatomy of Australopithecus afarensis New Insights from KSD-VP-1/1 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Haile-Selassie, Yohannes (Editor), Su, Denise F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Paleontology.; Evolutionary biology.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Earth Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.

This volume describes a 3.6 million-years-old partial skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis from the Woranso-Mille, central Afar, Ethiopia. This specimen is the first adult partial skeleton to be recovered since Lucy’s (A.L. 288-1) discovery in 1974. It is older than Lucy by 400,000 years and sheds...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to KSD-VP-1/1: The earliest partial skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis
• The Geologic Context of Korsi Dora and the Partial Skeleton KSD-VP-1/1
• The Taphonomy and Paleoecology of Korsi Dora Vertebrate Locality 1, Woranso-Mille Study Area, Ethiopia
• KSD-VP-1/1: Analysis of the Postcranial Skeleton Using High-Resolution Computed Tomography
• The Cervical Vertebrae of KSD-VP-1/1
• The Shoulder Girdle of KSD-VP-1/1
• The Thoracic Cage of KSD-VP-1/1
• The Pelvic Girdle and Limb Bones of KSD-VP-1/1
• Conclusion: Implications of KSD-VP-1/1 for Early Hominin Paleobiology and Insights into the Chimpanzee/Human Last Common Ancestor.