Ear ossicle of Australopithecus robustus [8]

Yoel Rak; Ronald J. Clarke

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Ear ossicle of Australopithecus robustus [8]

Yoel Rak^*, Ronald J. Clarke

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We report here the discovery of the first ear ossicle, an incus, of a Plio-Pleistocene hominid. It is substantially different from that of modern man, and the dissimilarity exceeds that between the ear bones of Homo sapiens and of the African apes. The new incus is of interest particularly in view of the unique advantages that ear ossicles have for taxonomic and phylogenetic studies. (The only other fossil hominid ear ossicles are from Qafzeh¹ and are indistinguishable from those of modern man.)

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	62-63
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature
Volume	279
Issue number	5708
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/279062a0
State	Published - 1979
Externally published	Yes

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