Small-Bodied Humans from Palau, Micronesia

Lee R. Berger; Steven E. Churchill; Bonita De Klerk; Rhonda L. Quinn

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001780

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Small-Bodied Humans from Palau, Micronesia

Lee R. Berger ,

* E-mail: Lee.Berger@wits.ac.za

Affiliation Institute for Human Origins and the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontology, School of GeoSciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Steven E. Churchill,

Affiliation Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Bonita De Klerk,

Affiliation Institute for Human Origins and the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontology, School of GeoSciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Rhonda L. Quinn

Affiliation Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
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Small-Bodied Humans from Palau, Micronesia

Lee R. Berger,
Steven E. Churchill,
Bonita De Klerk,
Rhonda L. Quinn

Published: March 12, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001780

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More skeletal data?

Posted by Jordan on 17 Mar 2008 at 18:34 GMT

How many skeletal remains were actually discovered and which bones, specifically?
Is there an estimate of the limb ratio?
Were any phalanges discovered and, if so, are they curved?
Are the incisors shovel-shaped?
As for the skull shown, why not a full rotational view?
My students are asking pertinent questions and I have nothing to offer them from this article.

RE: More skeletal data?

jhawks replied to Jordan on 17 Mar 2008 at 19:55 GMT

Hi, Jordan --

You'll find a complete listing of the skeletal elements in the supplementary information of the paper. The crania are as yet embedded in stone and have yet to be prepared; that is the reason for the lack of a full analysis.

-John Hawks

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More skeletal data?

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RE: More skeletal data?

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