Taphonomic Analysis of the Faunal Assemblage Associated with the Hominins (Australopithecus sediba) from the Early Pleistocene Cave Deposits of Malapa, South Africa

• Aurore Val ,

  * E-mail: aurore_val@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Paul H. G. M. Dirks,

  Affiliations School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Lucinda R. Backwell,

  Affiliations Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Francesco d’Errico,

  Affiliations Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5199 PACEA, Université de Bordeaux, Talence, France, Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

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• Lee R. Berger

  Affiliations Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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