In March, I presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropology, with analysis of two foot bones from that suggest different types of bipedal locomotion in hominins attributed to the species Australopithecus africanus from a site in South Africa (Sterkfontein Member 4). My colleague Sélim Natahi presented our work exploring the relationship between brain development (endocast shape) and the thickness of the cranial vault in modern humans and Neanderthals.
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