A cranial base of Australopithecus robustus from the hanging remnant of Swartkrans, South Africa
✍ Scribed by Darryl J. de Ruiter; Christine M. Steininger; Lee R. Berger
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 300 KB
- Volume
- 130
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9483
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✦ Synopsis
SKW 18, a partial hominin cranium recovered from the site of Swartkrans, South Africa, in 1968 is described. It is derived from ex situ breccia of the Hanging Remnant of Member 1, dated to approximately 1.5-1.8 Mya. Although partially encased in breccia, it was refit to the facial fragment SK 52 The Cranium of the Swartkrans Hominid SK 847 and Its Relevance to Human Origins, Ph.D. dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg), producing the composite cranium SKW 18/SK 52. Subsequent preparation revealed the most complete cranial base attributable to the species Australopithecus robustus. SKW 18 suffered weathering and slight postdepositional distortion, but retains considerable anatomical detail. The composite cranium most likely represents a