The Forgotten Lineage(s): Paleobiology of Paranthropus
This page provides preprints of chapters from the upcoming monograph Paleobiology of Paranthropus: The Forgotten Lineage(s), edited by Paul Constantino, Kaye Reed, and Bernard Wood. The final volume will be published by Springer as part of their book series Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology (series eds. Eric Delson and Eric Sargis). This monograph is based on a 2018 symposium held in Austin, Texas as part of the 87th annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.
The manuscripts linked here have been peer-reviewed, revised, and accepted for publication by the editors. Final formatting and editing will be conducted by Springer before official publication.
All manuscripts included here are citable as “approved by volume editors” using the following example:
Grine, F.E. and Wood, B.A. Approved by volume editors. The Fossil Evidence for Paranthropus: History of Discovery and Interpretation, chapter 1 in Paleobiology of Paranthropus: The Forgotten Lineage(s). (P.J. Constantino, K.E. Reed, B.A. Wood, eds.). Springer, Cham, Switzerland.
Part I. History
The Fossil Evidence of Paranthropus: History of discovery and interpretation
Frederick E. Grine and Bernard A. Wood
Part II. Fossil Evidence
Introduction.
Bernard A. Wood
The craniodental evidence of Paranthropus (with appendix listing complete craniodental hypodigm).
Paul J. Constantino, Frederick E. Grine, and Bernard A. Wood
The role of DNH 7, a female Australopithecus robustus skull, in illuminating the evolutionary history of the robust australopiths.
Yoel Rak, William H. Kimbel, Colin Menter, and Charles A. Lockwood
The role of selection in shaping the cranio-mandibular morphology of Paranthropus.
Nomawethu Hlazo, Terrence R. Ritzman, Lauren Schroeder, and Rebecca R. Ackermann
Brain size and shape in Paranthropus.
Ralph Holloway, Abigail Colby and Amelie Beaudet
The dentition of Paranthropus robustus: insights from the analysis of the Drimolen specimens.
Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi
Below the crown: examining interspecies variation in postcanine enamel thickness, EDJ, and root form in the Paranthropus clade.
Matthew M. Skinner, Shara E. Bailey, Philipp Gunz, William H. Kimbel, Zeresenay Alemseged, Lucas K Delezene, Colin Menter, Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi, and Kornelius Kupczik
Paranthropus: A Pleistocene postcranial puzzle.
Michael R. Lague and Carol V. Ward
Body size and shape in Paranthropus.
Mark Grabowski et al.
Part III. Contextual Evidence
Introduction.
Kaye E. Reed
Geology and uranium-lead (U-Pb) dating of the South African Paranthropus-bearing cave deposits.
Robyn Pickering and Tara R. Edwards
A geological context for Paranthropus in eastern Africa.
Craig S. Feibel
Paranthropus paleoenvironments in South Africa.
Christine Steininger
Paranthropus paleoenvironments based on micromammal assemblages.
Jennifer Leichliter and Matt Sponheimer
Isotopic ecology of Paranthropus in East Africa.
David Patterson and Thure Cerling
Reconstructing habitats among Paranthropus species: Vegetation and climate differences.
Amy L. Rector, Kelsey D. O’Neill, Irene E. Smail, and Kaye E. Reed
Climate change and Paranthropus evolution.
Peter DeMenocal
A return to woody cover during the extirpation of Paranthropus boisei in the Turkana Basin, Kenya.
Rhonda L. Quinn and Christopher J. Lepre
Paranthropus FAD and LAD estimates
Andrew Du, John Rowan, Bernard Wood
Part IV. Behavioral Inference
Introduction.
Paul Constantino
Mechanical perspectives on the diet(s) and dietary adaptations of Paranthropus.
David S. Strait
An osteocyte’s perspective on Paranthropus facial morphology.
David J. Daegling
Dental indicators of Paranthropus tooth function.
Paul J. Constantino and Peter S. Ungar
Dietary abrasiveness due to silica phytoliths in foods: a possible key line of evidence in understanding the diets of Paranthropus.
Diana Rabenold and Osbjorn Pearson
Isotopic dietary variability distinguishes East African Paranthropus boisei from South African P. robustus.
Julia A. Lee-Thorp and Scott Blumenthal
The dentition and paleodiet of Paranthropus boisei in light of Pleistocene African ungulates.
Tyler Faith and Bernard Wood
Paranthropus the tool maker: a survey of the evidence.
Dave Braun
Paranthropus life history: A primate perspective.
Kevin Kuykendall
Behavioral biology of baboons and its utility for understanding the paleobiology of Paranthropus.
Larissa Swedell
Part V. Systematics and Biogeography
Introduction.
Bernard A. Wood
The phylogenetic relationships of robust australopiths.
David S. Strait, Carrie S. Mongle, and Frederick E. Grine
Paranthropus at Laetoli and its implications for the origins of the genus.
Terry Harrison
Plio-Pleistocene cercopithecoid evolution and biogeography: a contemporaneous comparison with Paranthropus.
Christopher C. Gilbert and Stephen R. Frost
The biogeography of Paranthropus and other mammalian taxa.
Kaye E. Reed, Irene E. Smail, Christine Steininger, and Amy L. Rector
Understanding Paranthropus through the lens of bovid evolution.
John Rowan and Faysal Bibi
Part VI. Synthesis
The Forgotten Lineage(s): A summary perspective on the paleobiology of Paranthropus.
Bernard A. Wood, Kaye E. Reed, Paul J. Constantino