The StW 573 Little Foot Fossil Should Not Be Attributed to <i>Australopithecus prometheus</i>
A. prometheus should remain a junior synonym for A. africanus based on the demonstrated morphological similarities between MLD 1 and the broader A. africanus sample. Conversely, while StW 573 cannot be attributed to A. prometheus, the results of this study indicate that it also differs in meaningful ways from specimens conventionally attributed to A. africanus.
Authors
- David S. Strait (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3572-1663)
- Andy I.R. Herries (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2905-2002)
- A. B. Leece (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3348-3726)
- Jesse M. Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6275-6079)
- Stephanie E. Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7140-928X)
- Luca Morris‐Obst
Institutions
- La Trobe University (AU)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- University of Johannesburg (ZA)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Leverhulme Trust (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Biological Anthropology
- Published
- 2025-11-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.70177
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 11.35