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 for Paranthropus: History of Discovery and Interpretation
Frederick E. Grine and Bernard A. Wood
Part II. Fossil Evidence
On the Enigmatic KNM-WT 17000 Cranium of Australopithecus aethiopicus
Yoel Rak and William H. Kimbel
The Role of Selection in Shaping the Craniomandibular Morphology of Paranthropus
Nomawethu Hlazo, Terrence R. Ritzman, Lauren Schroeder, and Rebecca R. Ackermann
Brain Evolution in Paranthropus
Ralph Holloway, Abigail Colby, and Amelie Beaudet
The Contribution of the Drimolen Dental Sample to Interpreting the Paleobiology of Paranthropus robustus
Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi, Alessandro Riga, and Colin Menter
An Image Atlas of Mandibular Postcanine Tooth Crowns Attributed to Paranthropus
Matthew M. Skinner
The Paranthropus Postcranial Puzzle
Michael R. Lague and Carol V. Ward
Part III. Contextual Evidence
A Simple Cradle-wide Sedimentological Model Demystifying the Complexity of the South-African Paranthropus-bearing Cave Deposits
Robyn Pickering and Tara R. Edwards
Paranthropus robustus: Paleoecological Context of an Enigmatic Species
Denise Su and Kaye Reed
Paranthropus Paleoenvironments Based on Micromammal Assemblages
Jennifer Leichliter, Thalassa Matthews, Christine Steininger, and Matt Sponheimer
The Isotopic Context of Paranthropus within the East African Rift System
David. B. Patterson, Enquye Negash, Kevin Uno, Taylor Malasek, and T.L. Cerling
Estimating Climate Parameters from Large Mammal Community Structure for Eastern African Paranthropus Localities
Amy L. Rector, Kaye E. Reed, Irene E. Smail, and Kelsey D. O’Neill
Environmental and Ecological Influences of Paranthropus boisei’s Disappearance from the Fossil Record
Rhonda L. Quinn and Christopher J. Lepre
Part IV. Behavioral Inference
A Mechanical Perspective on Paranthropus Dietary Adaptations
David S. Strait
An Osteocyte’s Perspective on Paranthropus Facial Morphology
David J. Daegling
Dental Wear and Fracture as Indicators of Paranthropus Tooth Function and Diet
Paul J. Constantino, Peter S. Ungar, and Kathryn A. Konow
Dietary Abrasiveness, Hard Object Feeding, and the Diet of Paranthropus robustus
Diana Rabenold and Osbjorn Pearson
Dietary Niche Variability in Paranthropus Lineages in Southern and Eastern Africa
Julia A. Lee-Thorp and Scott Blumenthal
Was Eastern African Paranthropus boisei Eating Grass?
Tyler Faith and Bernard Wood
Paranthropus Growth and Life History: Toward a Primate Perspective
Kevin Kuykendall
Baboons and the Paleobiology of Paranthropus
Larissa Swedell, David J. Daegling, and W. Scott McGraw
Part V. Systematics and Biogeography
The Phylogenetic Relationships of Robust Australopiths
David S. Strait, Carrie S. Mongle, and Frederick E. Grine
Paranthropus aethiopicus at Laetoli and Its Implications for the Biogeography and Evolutionary History of the Genus
Terry Harrison, Amandus Kwekason, and Fred Spoor
Temporal Variation and Microevolution in Paranthropus robustus Based on Newly Discovered Crania from Drimolen Main Quarry, South Africa
Stephanie E. Baker, A. B. Leece, Jesse M. Martin, and Andy I. R. Herries.
Plio-Pleistocene Cercopithecoid Evolution and Biogeography: A Contemporaneous Comparison with Paranthropus
Stephen R. Frost, Cecilia M.T. Sena, and Christopher Gilbert
Implications of Mammalian Biogeography for Paranthropus Dispersal Patterns
Kaye E. Reed, David A. Feary, Irene E. Smail, and Christine Steininger
Evolutionary Biogeography of African Antelopes: Implications for Paranthropus
John Rowan, Eline D. Lorenzen, and Faysal Bibi
Part VI. Envisioning Paranthropus
Envisioning Paranthropus: A Brief History of Paleoart and an Approach to Photorealistic Reconstruction of this Enigmatic Lineage
Adam Hartstone-Rose, Ashley R. Deutsch, and Paul J. Constantino