Homo rudolfensis
Creators: name: Berger, Lee R
name: Hawks, John
name: De Ruiter, Darryl J
name: Churchill, Steven E
name: Schmid, Peter
name: Delezene, Lucas K
name: Kivell, Tracy L
name: Garvin, Heather M
name: Williams, Scott A
name: DeSilva, Jeremy M
name: Skinner, Matthew M
name: Musiba, Charles M
name: Cameron, Noel
name: Holliday, Trenton W
name: Harcourt-Smith, William
name: Ackermann, Rebecca R
name: Bastir, Markus
name: Bogin, Barry
name: Bolter, Debra
name: Brophy, Juliet
name: Cofran, Zachary D
name: Congdon, Kimberly A
name: Deane, Andrew S
name: Dembo, Mana
name: Drapeau, Michelle
name: Elliott, Marina C
name: , Elen M Feuerriegel
name: Garcia-Martinez, Daniel
name: Green, David J
name: Gurtov, Alia
name: Irish, Joel D
name: Kruger, Ashley
name: Laird, Myra F
name: Marchi, Damiano
name: Meyer, Marc R
name: Shahed Nalla
name: Enquye W Negash
name: Orr, Caley M
name: Radovcic, Davorka
name: Schroeder, Lauren
name: Scott, Jill E
name: Throckmorton, Zachary
name: Tocheri, Matthew W
name: VanSickle, Caroline
name: Walker, Christopher S
name: Pianpian Wei
name: Zipfel, Bernhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Primates
Hominidae
Homo
Homo rudolfensis

description: <i>Homo rudolfensis</i> Samples from Olduvai Gorge, East Lake Turkana, and Lake Malawi were included in this study. The East Lake Turkana fossils available prior to 2010 were examined first-hand, while for the Olduvai and Lake Malawi fossils and KNM-ER 60000, 62000, and 62003 we relied on original observations on fossils and casts as well as published reports (<i>Schrenk et al., 1993</i>; <i>Blumenschine et al., 2003</i>; <i>Leakey et al., 2012</i>). We include the following fossils in the hypodigm of <i>H</i>. <i>rudolfensis</i>: KNM-ER 819, KNM-ER 1470, KNM-ER 1482, KNM-ER 1483, KNM-ER 1590, KNM-ER 1801, KNM-ER 1802, KNM-ER 3732, KNM-ER 3891, KNM-ER 60000, KNM-ER 62000, KNM-ER 62003, OH 65, and UR 501. We do recognize that KNM-ER 60000 and KNM-ER 1802 present some conflicting anatomy that some authors have argued precludes them as conspecific specimens (<i>Leakey et al., 2012</i>); by considering both, we aim to be conservative as they encompass more variation within <i>H. rudolfensis</i>.
description: Published as part of <i>Lee R Berger, John Hawks, Darryl J de Ruiter, Steven E Churchill, Peter Schmid, Lucas K Delezene, Tracy L Kivell, Heather M Garvin, Scott A Williams, Jeremy M DeSilva, Matthew M Skinner, Charles M Musiba, Noel Cameron, Trenton W Holliday, William Harcourt-Smith, Rebecca R Ackermann, Markus Bastir, Barry Bogin, Debra Bolter, Juliet Brophy, Zachary D Cofran, Kimberly A Congdon, Andrew S Deane, Mana Dembo, Michelle Drapeau, Marina C Elliott, , Elen M Feuerriegel, Daniel Garcia-Martinez, David J Green, Alia Gurtov, Joel D Irish, Ashley Kruger, Myra F Laird, Damiano Marchi, Marc R Meyer, Shahed Nalla, Enquye W Negash, Caley M Orr, Davorka Radovcic, Lauren Schroeder, Jill E Scott, Zachary Throckmorton, Matthew W Tocheri, Caroline VanSickle, Christopher S Walker, Pianpian Wei &amp; Bernhard Zipfel, 2015, Homo naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa, pp. 1-35 in eLife e 09560 4</i> on page 26, DOI: 10.7554/eLife.09560