Cosmogenic nuclide dating of Australopithecus at Sterkfontein, South Africa

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 119; no. 27; pp. 1 - e2123516119
• Main Authors: Granger, Darryl E., Stratford, Dominic, Bruxelles, Laurent, Gibbon, Ryan J., Clarke, Ronald J., Kuman, Kathleen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington National Academy of Sciences 05.07.2022
• Subjects: Archaeology and Prehistory; Australopithecus; Biological Sciences; Breccia; Earth Sciences; Fossils; Geochemistry; Geomorphology; Humanities and Social Sciences; Physical Sciences; Pliocene; Sciences of the Universe; South Africa; Cosmogenic Nuclide dating; Australopithecus; South Africa; Stratigraphy; Sterkfontein

Sterkfontein is the most prolific single source of Australopithecus fossils, the vast majority of which were recovered from Member 4, a cave breccia now exposed by erosion and weathering at the landscape surface. A few other Australopithecus fossils, including the StW 573 skeleton, come from subterr...