Schmid
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Completed research project
| Title / Titel | The palecology of the South African australopithecines | ||||
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| Original title / Originaltitel | Die Palökologie der südafrikanischen Australopithecinen | ||||
| Summary / Zusammenfassung | The main work consists in the excavation of the Plio/Pleistocene cave of Gladysvale and the reconstruction of the natural environment of the South African australopithecines. This has important implication on the origin of hominid bipedalism, a major characteristic for the evolution of the human lineage. Main objects of the research project are: • Construction of a three-dimensional model of the Gladysvale cave system as a basic framework for the reconstruction of the sedimentological history of the cave deposits. • Collection and description of faunal remains for the reconstruction of the ecological niche of Australopithecus africanus. • Construction of a chronological framework (faunal and absolute dating) for the interpretation of the more complex classical cave sites in the Transvaal. Weitere Informationen |
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| Publications / Publikationen | P. Schmid, and L.R.Berger (1997) Middle Pleistocene hominid carpal proximal phalanx from Gladysvale site, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 93:430-431.P. Schmid (1998) Neueste Entdeckungen in den Australopithecus-Fundstellen Südafrikas. Homo 49:S 88.Weitere Informationen | ||||
| Keywords / Suchbegriffe | Gladysvale, Palecology, Australopithecus, early hominids, | ||||
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| Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch |
Universität Zürich (position pursuing an academic career) |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | Oct 1995 to Dec 2005 |