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Joel D Irish1, Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg, Scott S Legge
1Research Centre in Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology, School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK. j.d.irish@ljmu.ac.uk
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|April 13, 2013
Resumen
Los rasgos dentales del Australopithecus sediba revelan una mezcla de características primitivas y derivadas. Estos hallazgos apoyan un clado australopita sudafricano vinculado con el Homo, lo que indica conexiones evolutivas.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La paleoantropología es la paleoantropología.
- La primatología es la primatología.
- Evolución del ser humano Evolución del ser humano
Sus antecedentes:
- El hipodigma del Australopithecus sediba requiere una caracterización más detallada.
- La morfología dental proporciona información crucial sobre la evolución de los homínidos.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para detallar 22 rasgos dentales no métricos en los especímenes de Australopithecus sediba MH1 y MH2.
- Para comparar estos rasgos con otros homínidos africanos utilizando análisis filogenéticos.
Principales métodos:
- Descripción de 22 rasgos dentales no métricos en Au. Sediba. se encuentra.
- Comparaciones cualitativas y fenéticas con otras ocho muestras de homínidos africanos.
- Análisis cladísticos utilizando un grupo externo de gorilas.
Principales resultados:
- Au. es decir. Sediba exhibe un mosaico de características dentales primitivas y derivadas.
- Se observó la distinción de los australopitas de África oriental, principalmente en los rasgos molares.
- Formación de un clado australopita sudafricano con Au. africanus, compartiendo rasgos como el UM1 de Carabelli y el protostilido LM1.
- Evidencia de estados derivados compartidos con el Homo habilis / rudolfensis + Homo erectus.
Conclusiones:
- Au. es decir. sediba comparte rasgos derivados con Au. africanus, formando un clado australopite sudafricano distinto.
- Existen vínculos evolutivos significativos entre los australopitas sudafricanos y los primeros Homo.
- La evidencia dental apoya un clado que abarca a los australopitas sudafricanos y al Homo, evidenciado por la expresión de la cúspide 7 de LM1.
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