On human evolution, <i>Australopithecus sediba</i> and nation building
Keywords:
Malapa, Australopithecus sediba, early Homo, Jan Smuts, African Origins Platform
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2.Kibii JM, Churchill SE, Schmid P, et al. A partial pelvis of Australopithecus sediba. Science. 2011;333:1407–1411. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1202521, PMid:21903805
3.Kivell TL, Kibii JM, Churchill SE, et al. Australopithecus sediba hand demonstrates mosaic evolution of locomotor and manipulative abilities. Science. 2011;333:1411–1417. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1202625, PMid:21903806
4.Zipfel B, DeSilva JM, Kidd RS, et al. The foot and ankle of Australopithecus sediba. Science. 2011;333:1417–1420. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science. 1202703, PMid:21903807
5.Pickering R, Dirks PHGM, Jinnah Z, et al. Australopithecus sediba at 1.977 Ma and implications for the origins of the genus Homo. Science. 2011;333:1421–1423. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1203697, PMid:21903808
6.Blatter M. Paleoanthropologist now rides high on a new fossil tide. Science. 2011;333:1373–1375. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.333.6048. 1373, PMid:21903789
7.Makgoba MW. African renaissance. Johannesburg and Cape Town: Mafube and Tafelberg; 1999.
8.Deacon J. Weaving the fabric of Stone Age research in southern Africa. In: Robertshaw P, editor. A history of African archaeology. London: JamesCurrey,1990; p. 39–58.
9.Dubow S. A commonwealth of knowledge: Science, sensibility and White South Africa 1820–2000. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2006.
10.Smuts JC. Holism and evolution. London: Macmillan; 1926.
11.Natrass G. Jan Smuts. In: They shaped our century – 100 most influential people of South Africa during the 20th century. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1999; p. 37–41.
12.Thompson KS. Living fossil: The story of the coelacanth. New York: Norton; 1991.
13.Department of Science and Technology (DST). The South African strategy for the palaeosciences. Draft for Discussion. Version 12.1. Pretoria: DST; 2011.
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2011-10-26
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