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[QUOTE]Originally posted by DD'eDeN: [QB] Dentognathic remains of Australopithecus afarensis from Nefuraytu Ethiopia (Woranso-Mille, Ethiopia): Comparative description, geology, and paleoecological context Yohannes Haile-Selassie cs 2016 JHE 100:3553 <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00472484/100/supp/C> Au.afarensis is the best-known & most dimorphic species in the early hominin fossil record. Here, we present a comparative description of new fossil specimens from Nefuraytu, a 3.3303.207-Ma fossil collection area in the central Afar. NFR-VP-1/29, one of the most complete & largest mandibles assigned to Au.afarensis, likely represents a male individual. It retains almost all of the distinctive archaic features documented for Au.afarensis: - a posteriorly sloping symphysis, - a low & rounded basally set inferior transverse torus, - antero-superiorly opening mental foramen, - a lateral corpus hollow bound anteriorly by the C/P3 jugae, and posteriorly by the lateral prominence, - the ascending ramus arising high on the corpus. Dental morphology & metrics of the Nefuraytu specimens also falls within the range of Au.afarensis. The presence of this species at Woranso-Mille 3.330 - 3.207 Ma confirms its close spatial & temporal proximity to other mid-Pliocene hominin taxa, e.g. - the Burtele foot BRT-VP-2/73 & - the recently named species Au.deyiremeda. This has important implications for our understanding of middle Pliocene hominin diversity. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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