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Virtual cranial reconstruction of Sahelanthropus tchadensis

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  • Christoph P. E. Zollikofer

    (Universität Zürich-Irchel)

  • Marcia S. Ponce de León

    (Universität Zürich-Irchel)

  • Daniel E. Lieberman

    (Peabody Museum, Harvard University)

  • Franck Guy

    (Peabody Museum, Harvard University
    Université de Poitiers)

  • David Pilbeam

    (Peabody Museum, Harvard University)

  • Andossa Likius

    (Université de N'Djamena)

  • Hassane T. Mackaye

    (Université de N'Djamena)

  • Patrick Vignaud

    (Université de Poitiers)

  • Michel Brunet

    (Université de Poitiers)

Abstract

The look of Toumaï The discovery of the skull known as Toumaï four years ago in Chad began a controversy. Faunal studies suggested an age close to 7 million years; a small cranium suggested chimpanzee-like brain size. The team that found Toumaï considered it to be a hominid on our side of the chimp-human divide, but others thought it more ape-like. Important finds of teeth and jaw pieces of the Toumaï species, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, now help to distance the species from apes, suggesting that it is a hominid closely related to the last common ancestor of chimps and humans. A virtual reconstruction of the Toumaï cranium provides more evidence of a close relationship to humans — and this week's cover. You are looking at the face of the earliest known hominid. (Cover by MPFT; M. Brunet, E. Daynes, Ph. Plailly and A. Garaudel contributed).

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  • Christoph P. E. Zollikofer & Marcia S. Ponce de León & Daniel E. Lieberman & Franck Guy & David Pilbeam & Andossa Likius & Hassane T. Mackaye & Patrick Vignaud & Michel Brunet, 2005. "Virtual cranial reconstruction of Sahelanthropus tchadensis," Nature, Nature, vol. 434(7034), pages 755-759, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:434:y:2005:i:7034:d:10.1038_nature03397
    DOI: 10.1038/nature03397
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    1. Takashi Michikawa & Hiromasa Suzuki & Masaki Moriguchi & Naomichi Ogihara & Osamu Kondo & Yasushi Kobayashi, 2017. "Automatic extraction of endocranial surfaces from CT images of crania," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(4), pages 1-14, April.
    2. Victoria M Arbour & Philip J Currie, 2012. "Analyzing Taphonomic Deformation of Ankylosaur Skulls Using Retrodeformation and Finite Element Analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(6), pages 1-13, June.
    3. Nakahashi, Wataru, 2010. "Evolution of learning capacities and learning levels," Theoretical Population Biology, Elsevier, vol. 78(3), pages 211-224.

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