NEW TAPHONOMIC ANALYSIS OF LARGE-BODIED PRIMATE ASSEMBLAGE FROM COOPER'S D, BLOUBANK VALLEY, SOUTH AFRICA

Cooper's D deposit has an abundant large-bodied papionin assemblage. The assemblage consists of Theropithecus, Papio and Gorgopithecus. In addition, Cooper's D has yielded fossils of the early hominin Paranthropus robustus, which raises the question of how these four large-bodied, mostly t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	South African archaeological bulletin 2014-06, Vol.69 (199), p.49-58
Hauptverfasser:	VAL, AURORE, TARU, PHILIP, STEININGER, CHRISTINE
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Archaeological assemblages Archaeological research Archaeological sites Baboons Bloubank Valley Bones Carnivores Caves Cercopithecidae Fossils Geomorphology Humans Long bones Paleoanthropology Paranthropus Phalanges Pleistocene Prehistoric caves Primates South Africa Taphonomy
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