Naming Our Ancestors: An Anthology of Hominid Taxonomy"In the study of hominid taxonomic nomenclature, publications of any age are of more than historical interest because they have continuing relevance for determining and maintaining the correct names for taxa. This anthology makes available a set of key documents in the literature of human evolution relevant to the history of hominid taxonomy and the discovery and naming of extinct hominid species"--Back cover. |
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Homo neanderthalensis King 1864 | 21 |
Anthropopithecus erectus Dubois 1892 | 36 |
Australopithecus africanus Dart 1925 | 52 |
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afarensis affinities anatomical ancestor Anthrop ape-man apes Australopithecus africanus boisei bone brain Broom canines capensis characters chimpanzee classification cranial cranium dentition discovery distal distinct Dubois East Rudolf evidence evolutionary femur Figure fossil hominids frag fragment frontal genera genus Australopithecus genus Homo geological gorilla Hadar hand phalanx Holotype hominid Homo erectus Homo ergaster Homo habilis Homo heidelbergensis Homo neanderthalensis Homo sapiens human evolution incisors Java KNM-ER Koenigswald L. S. B. Leakey Laetolil lectotype lineage living anthropoids lower mandible mandibular corpus maxilla Mayr Meganthropus modern molar morphological morphs Nature Neanderthal nomina occipital Olduvai Hominid Oreopithecus Palaeanthropus paleoanthropology paper Paranthropus robustus parietals phylogeny Pithecanthropus Pleistocene pongids Pongo populations posterior premolars primate probably prox recent recognized represented resemblance robustus Sergi South Africa species name Sterkfontein subfamily subspecies Swartkrans syntypes Taung taxa taxon taxonomic teeth Tobias type specimen upper variation Weidenreich Weinert Zinjanthropus Zoological Nomenclature