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Reconstructed Homo habilis type OH 7 suggests deep-rooted species diversity in early Homo

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  • Fred Spoor

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
    University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK)

  • Philipp Gunz

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 04103 Leipzig, Germany)

  • Simon Neubauer

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 04103 Leipzig, Germany)

  • Stefanie Stelzer

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 04103 Leipzig, Germany)

  • Nadia Scott

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 04103 Leipzig, Germany)

  • Amandus Kwekason

    (Museum and House of Culture, National Museum of Tanzania)

  • M. Christopher Dean

    (University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK)

Abstract

Virtually reconstructing the jaw of OH 7 reveals a remarkably primitive shape, suggesting that the Homo habilis lineage originated before 2.3 million years ago; marking deep-rooted species diversity in the genus Homo.

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  • Fred Spoor & Philipp Gunz & Simon Neubauer & Stefanie Stelzer & Nadia Scott & Amandus Kwekason & M. Christopher Dean, 2015. "Reconstructed Homo habilis type OH 7 suggests deep-rooted species diversity in early Homo," Nature, Nature, vol. 519(7541), pages 83-86, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:519:y:2015:i:7541:d:10.1038_nature14224
    DOI: 10.1038/nature14224
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    1. Thomas W. Davies & Philipp Gunz & Fred Spoor & Zeresenay Alemseged & Agness Gidna & Jean-Jacques Hublin & William H. Kimbel & Ottmar Kullmer & William P. Plummer & Clément Zanolli & Matthew M. Skinner, 2024. "Dental morphology in Homo habilis and its implications for the evolution of early Homo," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-16, December.

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