Paranthropus boisei: fifty years of evidence and analysis. Export

@article{citeulike:2619404, abstract = {Paranthropus boisei is a hominin taxon with a distinctive cranial and dental morphology. Its hypodigm has been recovered from sites with good stratigraphic and chronological control, and for some morphological regions, such as the mandible and the mandibular dentition, the samples are not only relatively well dated, but they are, by paleontological standards, reasonably-sized. This means that researchers can trace the evolution of metric and nonmetric variables across hundreds of thousands of years. This paper is a detailed review of half a century's worth of fossil evidence and analysis of P. boisei and traces how both its evolutionary history and our understanding of its evolutionary history have evolved during the past 50 years.}, address = {Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA. bernardawood@gmail.com}, author = {Wood, B. and Constantino, P.}, citeulike-article-id = {2619404}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20732}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18046746}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18046746}, doi = {10.1002/ajpa.20732}, issn = {1096-8644}, journal = {Am J Phys Anthropol}, keywords = {aethiopicus, africa, boisei, evolution, human, paranthropus}, pages = {106--132}, posted-at = {2008-04-01 11:45:02}, priority = {2}, title = {Paranthropus boisei: fifty years of evidence and analysis.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20732}, volume = {Suppl 45}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2619404 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2619404 N2 - Paranthropus boisei is a hominin taxon with a distinctive cranial and dental morphology. Its hypodigm has been recovered from sites with good stratigraphic and chronological control, and for some morphological regions, such as the mandible and the mandibular dentition, the samples are not only relatively well dated, but they are, by paleontological standards, reasonably-sized. This means that researchers can trace the evolution of metric and nonmetric variables across hundreds of thousands of years. This paper is a detailed review of half a century's worth of fossil evidence and analysis of P. boisei and traces how both its evolutionary history and our understanding of its evolutionary history have evolved during the past 50 years. JF - Am J Phys Anthropol SN - 1096-8644 AD - Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA. bernardawood@gmail.com EP - 132 TI - Paranthropus boisei: fifty years of evidence and analysis. VL - Suppl 45 SP - 106 KW - aethiopicus KW - africa KW - boisei KW - evolution KW - human KW - paranthropus AU - Wood, B AU - Constantino, P PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20732 ER -