Using extant morphological variation to understand fossil relationships: A cautionary tale
| dc.contributor.author | Ackermann, Rebecca Rogers | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-23T11:46:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-12-23T11:46:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2015-12-23T10:54:39Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Recent studies of variation in living monkeys, apes, and humans have produced a number of insights that are pertinent to how we evaluate relationships among our fossil human ancestors. Here I summarize four such insights. I then use a fossil hominid example to illustrate how our understanding of variation can alter our interpretation of the past. Results show that our assessments of the relationships among fossil hominids can differ depending on which extant model of variation is used as a variation ‘yardstick.’ Additionally, our interpretations of these relationships can be swayed considerably by how we evaluate significance. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Ackermann, R. R. (2003). Using extant morphological variation to understand fossil relationships: A cautionary tale. <i>South African Journal of Science</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15936 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Ackermann, Rebecca Rogers "Using extant morphological variation to understand fossil relationships: A cautionary tale." <i>South African Journal of Science</i> (2003) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15936 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ackermann, R.R. (2003). Using extant morphological variation to understand fossil relationships: A cautionary tale: Reviews of current issues and research findings: Human origins research in South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 99(5 & 6), p. 255-258. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0038-2353 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Ackermann, Rebecca Rogers AB - Recent studies of variation in living monkeys, apes, and humans have produced a number of insights that are pertinent to how we evaluate relationships among our fossil human ancestors. Here I summarize four such insights. I then use a fossil hominid example to illustrate how our understanding of variation can alter our interpretation of the past. Results show that our assessments of the relationships among fossil hominids can differ depending on which extant model of variation is used as a variation ‘yardstick.’ Additionally, our interpretations of these relationships can be swayed considerably by how we evaluate significance. DA - 2003 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Science LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2003 SM - 0038-2353 T1 - Using extant morphological variation to understand fossil relationships: A cautionary tale TI - Using extant morphological variation to understand fossil relationships: A cautionary tale UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15936 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15936 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Ackermann RR. Using extant morphological variation to understand fossil relationships: A cautionary tale. South African Journal of Science. 2003; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15936. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Archaeology | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Science | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.source | South African Journal of Science | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.sajs.co.za/ | |
| dc.title | Using extant morphological variation to understand fossil relationships: A cautionary tale | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
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| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |