Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Proctor, Darby Author's Email Address darby.proctor@gmail.com URN etd-04182007-170536 Title Taxon, Site and Temporal Differentiation Using Dental Microwear in the Southern African Papionins Degree Master of Arts Department Anthropology and Geography Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Frank L'Engle Williams Committee Chair Cassandra White Committee Member Susan McCombie Committee Member Keywords
- papio
- parapapio
- dental microwear
- Southern Africa
- low-magnification stereomicroscopy
- baboons
- hominids
- Plio-Pleistocene
Date of Defense 2007-04-06 Availability unrestricted Abstract The evolutionary history of the South African papionins is a useful analog for the emergence of hominids in South Africa. However, the taxonomic relationships of the papionins are unclear. This study uses low-magnification stereomicroscopy to examine dental microwear and uses the microwear signals to explore the existing classification of these papionins. The results from the species and site level analyses are equivocal. However, the genera and time period results show clear evidence for a dietary change between the extinct and extant forms of Papio and Parapapio. This adds an additional tool for distinguishing these two groups. The dietary changes witnessed in the papionins are likely found in the hominids from the Plio-Pleistocene. Using the papionin analog, hominid dietary evolution may be explored.Files
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