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    Australopithecus garhi: a new species of early hominid from Ethiopia (1999)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 1999-04-24
    Description: The lack of an adequate hominid fossil record in eastern Africa between 2 and 3 million years ago (Ma) has hampered investigations of early hominid phylogeny. Discovery of 2.5 Ma hominid cranial and dental remains from the Hata beds of Ethiopia's Middle Awash allows recognition of a new species of Australopithecus. This species is descended from Australopithecus afarensis and is a candidate ancestor for early Homo. Contemporary postcranial remains feature a derived humanlike humeral/femoral ratio and an apelike upper arm-to-lower arm ratio.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Asfaw, B -- White, T -- Lovejoy, O -- Latimer, B -- Simpson, S -- Suwa, G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1999 Apr 23;284(5414):629-35.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Rift Valley Research Service, Post Office Box 5717, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10213683" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Biological Evolution ; Bones of Upper Extremity/anatomy & histology ; Dentition ; Ethiopia ; *Fossils ; History, Ancient ; Hominidae/anatomy & histology/*classification ; Humans ; Leg Bones/anatomy & histology ; Paleodontology ; Phylogeny ; Skull/anatomy & histology ; Terminology as Topic ; Tooth/anatomy & histology
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    Phanerozoic trends in the global diversity of marine invertebrates (2008)
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    Publication Date: 2008-07-05
    Description: It has previously been thought that there was a steep Cretaceous and Cenozoic radiation of marine invertebrates. This pattern can be replicated with a new data set of fossil occurrences representing 3.5 million specimens, but only when older analytical protocols are used. Moreover, analyses that employ sampling standardization and more robust counting methods show a modest rise in diversity with no clear trend after the mid-Cretaceous. Globally, locally, and at both high and low latitudes, diversity was less than twice as high in the Neogene as in the mid-Paleozoic. The ratio of global to local richness has changed little, and a latitudinal diversity gradient was present in the early Paleozoic.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Alroy, John -- Aberhan, Martin -- Bottjer, David J -- Foote, Michael -- Fursich, Franz T -- Harries, Peter J -- Hendy, Austin J W -- Holland, Steven M -- Ivany, Linda C -- Kiessling, Wolfgang -- Kosnik, Matthew A -- Marshall, Charles R -- McGowan, Alistair J -- Miller, Arnold I -- Olszewski, Thomas D -- Patzkowsky, Mark E -- Peters, Shanan E -- Villier, Loic -- Wagner, Peter J -- Bonuso, Nicole -- Borkow, Philip S -- Brenneis, Benjamin -- Clapham, Matthew E -- Fall, Leigh M -- Ferguson, Chad A -- Hanson, Victoria L -- Krug, Andrew Z -- Layou, Karen M -- Leckey, Erin H -- Nurnberg, Sabine -- Powers, Catherine M -- Sessa, Jocelyn A -- Simpson, Carl -- Tomasovych, Adam -- Visaggi, Christy C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Jul 4;321(5885):97-100. doi: 10.1126/science.1156963.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California-Santa Barbara, 735 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, USA. alroy@nceas.ucsb.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18599780" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Biodiversity ; Biological Evolution ; Databases, Factual ; Environment ; *Fossils ; Geography ; Geologic Sediments ; *Invertebrates/classification ; *Paleontology/methods ; Population Dynamics ; Sampling Studies ; Seawater ; Time Factors
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    Reefs as cradles of evolution and sources of biodiversity in the Phanerozoic (2010)
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    Publication Date: 2010-01-09
    Description: Large-scale biodiversity gradients among environments and habitats are usually attributed to a complex array of ecological and evolutionary factors. We tested the evolutionary component of such gradients by compiling the environments of the geologically oldest occurrences of marine genera and using sampling standardization to assess if originations tended to be clustered in particular environments. Shallow, tropical environments and carbonate substrates all tend to have harbored high origination rates. Diversity within these environments tended to be preferentially generated in reefs, probably because of their habitat complexity. Reefs were also prolific at exporting diversity to other environments, which might be a consequence of low-diversity habitats being more susceptible to invasions.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kiessling, Wolfgang -- Simpson, Carl -- Foote, Michael -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2010 Jan 8;327(5962):196-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1182241.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Museum fur Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity at the Humboldt University Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany. wolfgang.kiessling@mfn-berlin.de〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20056888" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Anthozoa ; *Biodiversity ; *Biological Evolution ; Calcium Carbonate ; *Ecosystem ; Environment ; Fishes ; *Fossils ; Geography ; *Invertebrates/classification
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    A female Homo erectus pelvis from Gona, Ethiopia (2008)
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    Publication Date: 2008-11-15
    Description: Analyses of the KNM-WT 15000 Homo erectus juvenile male partial skeleton from Kenya concluded that this species had a tall thin body shape due to specialized locomotor and climatic adaptations. Moreover, it was concluded that H. erectus pelves were obstetrically restricted to birthing a small-brained altricial neonate. Here we describe a nearly complete early Pleistocene adult female H. erectus pelvis from the Busidima Formation of Gona, Afar, Ethiopia. This obstetrically capacious pelvis demonstrates that pelvic shape in H. erectus was evolving in response to increasing fetal brain size. This pelvis indicates that neither adaptations to tropical environments nor endurance running were primary selective factors in determining pelvis morphology in H. erectus during the early Pleistocene.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Simpson, Scott W -- Quade, Jay -- Levin, Naomi E -- Butler, Robert -- Dupont-Nivet, Guillaume -- Everett, Melanie -- Semaw, Sileshi -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2008 Nov 14;322(5904):1089-92. doi: 10.1126/science.1163592.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106-4930, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19008443" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adaptation, Biological ; Animals ; Animals, Newborn ; Biological Evolution ; Body Height ; Body Size ; Brain/anatomy & histology/embryology ; Environment ; Ethiopia ; Female ; *Fossils ; Hominidae/*anatomy & histology/physiology ; Humans ; Locomotion ; Lumbar Vertebrae/*anatomy & histology ; Parturition ; Pelvic Bones/*anatomy & histology ; Pelvis/anatomy & histology ; Sacrum/anatomy & histology
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    Paleobiological implications of the Ardipithecus ramidus dentition (2009)
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    Publication Date: 2009-10-08
    Description: The Middle Awash Ardipithecus ramidus sample comprises over 145 teeth, including associated maxillary and mandibular sets. These help reveal the earliest stages of human evolution. Ar. ramidus lacks the postcanine megadontia of Australopithecus. Its molars have thinner enamel and are functionally less durable than those of Australopithecus but lack the derived Pan pattern of thin occlusal enamel associated with ripe-fruit frugivory. The Ar. ramidus dental morphology and wear pattern are consistent with a partially terrestrial, omnivorous/frugivorous niche. Analyses show that the ARA-VP-6/500 skeleton is female and that Ar. ramidus was nearly monomorphic in canine size and shape. The canine/lower third premolar complex indicates a reduction of canine size and honing capacity early in hominid evolution, possibly driven by selection targeted on the male upper canine.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Suwa, Gen -- Kono, Reiko T -- Simpson, Scott W -- Asfaw, Berhane -- Lovejoy, C Owen -- White, Tim D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Oct 2;326(5949):94-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉University Museum, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan. suwa@um.u-tokyo.ac.jp〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19810195" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Biological Evolution ; Cuspid/anatomy & histology ; Dental Enamel/anatomy & histology ; *Dentition ; Diet ; Ethiopia ; Female ; *Fossils ; Hominidae/*anatomy & histology/classification ; Incisor/anatomy & histology ; Male ; Molar/anatomy & histology ; Odontometry ; Paleodontology ; Phylogeny ; Sex Characteristics ; Tooth/*anatomy & histology ; Tooth Crown/anatomy & histology
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    Careful climbing in the Miocene: the forelimbs of Ardipithecus ramidus and humans are primitive (2009)
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    Publication Date: 2009-10-08
    Description: The Ardipithecus ramidus hand and wrist exhibit none of the derived mechanisms that restrict motion in extant great apes and are reminiscent of those of Miocene apes, such as Proconsul. The capitate head is more palmar than in all other known hominoids, permitting extreme midcarpal dorsiflexion. Ar. ramidus and all later hominids lack the carpometacarpal articular and ligamentous specializations of extant apes. Manual proportions are unlike those of any extant ape. Metacarpals 2 through 5 are relatively short, lacking any morphological traits associable with knuckle-walking. Humeral and ulnar characters are primitive and like those of later hominids. The Ar. ramidus forelimb complex implies palmigrady during bridging and careful climbing and exhibits none of the adaptations to vertical climbing, forelimb suspension, and knuckle-walking that are seen in extant African apes.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lovejoy, C Owen -- Simpson, Scott W -- White, Tim D -- Asfaw, Berhane -- Suwa, Gen -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Oct 2;326(5949):70e1-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Anthropology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44240-0001, USA. olovejoy@aol.com〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19810196" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Biological Evolution ; Carpal Bones/anatomy & histology ; Carpal Joints/anatomy & histology ; Finger Phalanges/anatomy & histology ; Forelimb/*anatomy & histology ; *Fossils ; Hand Joints/anatomy & histology ; Hominidae/*anatomy & histology/*physiology ; Humans ; Humerus/anatomy & histology ; *Locomotion ; Metacarpal Bones/anatomy & histology ; Radius/anatomy & histology ; Ulna/anatomy & histology ; Walking
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    The great divides: Ardipithecus ramidus reveals the postcrania of our last common ancestors with African apes (2009)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 2009-10-08
    Description: Genomic comparisons have established the chimpanzee and bonobo as our closest living relatives. However, the intricacies of gene regulation and expression caution against the use of these extant apes in deducing the anatomical structure of the last common ancestor that we shared with them. Evidence for this structure must therefore be sought from the fossil record. Until now, that record has provided few relevant data because available fossils were too recent or too incomplete. Evidence from Ardipithecus ramidus now suggests that the last common ancestor lacked the hand, foot, pelvic, vertebral, and limb structures and proportions specialized for suspension, vertical climbing, and knuckle-walking among extant African apes. If this hypothesis is correct, each extant African ape genus must have independently acquired these specializations from more generalized ancestors who still practiced careful arboreal climbing and bridging. African apes and hominids acquired advanced orthogrady in parallel. Hominoid spinal invagination is an embryogenetic mechanism that reoriented the shoulder girdle more laterally. It was unaccompanied by substantial lumbar spine abbreviation, an adaptation restricted to vertical climbing and/or suspension. The specialized locomotor anatomies and behaviors of chimpanzees and gorillas therefore constitute poor models for the origin and evolution of human bipedality.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lovejoy, C Owen -- Suwa, Gen -- Simpson, Scott W -- Matternes, Jay H -- White, Tim D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Oct 2;326(5949):100-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Anthropology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242-0001, USA. olovejoy@aol.com〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19810199" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Biological Evolution ; Body Size ; Body Weight ; Bone and Bones/anatomy & histology ; Ethiopia ; Extremities/anatomy & histology ; Foot Bones/anatomy & histology ; *Fossils ; Gorilla gorilla/anatomy & histology/physiology ; Hand Bones/anatomy & histology ; *Hominidae/anatomy & histology/classification/genetics/physiology ; Humans ; Locomotion ; Metacarpal Bones/anatomy & histology ; Pan troglodytes/anatomy & histology/physiology ; Pelvic Bones/anatomy & histology ; Posture ; Skeleton ; Spine/anatomy & histology ; Trees ; Walking
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