About the Authors
- Ruggero D'Anastasio
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* E-mail: r.danastasio@unich.it
Affiliation State University “G. d'Annunzio”, Department of Human Movement Sciences, Section of Anthropology, Chieti, Italy
- Bernhard Zipfel
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Affiliation University of the Witwatersrand, Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research and Institute for Human Evolution, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi
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Affiliation University of Florence, Department of Evolutionary Biology, Laboratories of Anthropology, Florence, Italy
- Roscoe Stanyon
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Affiliation University of Florence, Department of Evolutionary Biology, Laboratories of Anthropology, Florence, Italy
- Luigi Capasso
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Affiliation State University “G. d'Annunzio”, Department of Human Movement Sciences, Section of Anthropology, Chieti, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RD LC. Performed the experiments: RD BZ JMC. Analyzed the data: RD BZ JMC RS LC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RD. Wrote the paper: RD BZ. Acquired the data and the Scanning Electron Microscope analysis and contributed to the interpretation of data: RD. Described the anthropological characteristics of A. africanus Stw 431 and the main geological features of the paleontological site: BZ. Produced the mould of the vertebrae of Stw 431, contributed to the interpretation of data and to the writing of the article: JMC. Contributed to the interpretation of data and the writing of the article: RS LC.