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The systematics of Australopithecus garhi

Year: 2001

Type: article

Abstract: Cladistic analysis was used to test the hypothesis that Australopithecus garhi is ancestral to the genus Homo. The data set of a prior cladistic analysis (Strait et al., 1997) was updated to account for recent fossil hominid discoveries, and reanalyzed. Current evidence suggests that A. garhi is the sister taxon of a clade that includes Homo, Paranthropus and A. africanus. Such a result is inconsistent with the hypothesis that A. garhi is the direct ancestor of the genus Homo. Conditions are specified under which future fossil finds might necessitate a revision of this conclusion. Key words: Australopithecus, Paranthropus, Homo, hominid phylogeny, cladistics, taxonomy.

Source: Ludus Vitalis/Ludus vitalis

Authors: David S. Strait, Frederick E. Grine

Institutions: George Washington University, State University of New York, Stony Brook University

Language: English

Topic: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W1577988764

FWCI: 8.722

Cites: 39

Cited by: 31

Related to: 10