Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, Volume 60, Issue 2 (2005)

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Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, Volume 60, Issue 2 (2005)

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Miscellany

Foreword
D. E. Rawlings
Page: ii
Published online: 13 Apr 2010
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Phillip V. Tobias: a biographical note
Richard Leakey
Pages: 65-66
Published online: 13 Apr 2010
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Aspects of Hominid Evolution

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Species diversity in human evolution: challenges and opportunities
Robert Foley
Pages: 67-72
Published online: 13 Apr 2010
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Variation in early hominin temporal bone morphology and its implications for species diversity
Charles A. Lockwood, William H. Kimbel & John M. Lynch
Pages: 73-77
Published online: 13 Apr 2010
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Pliocene hominid fossils from Gamedah, Middle Awash, Ethiopia
Tim D. White, Berhane Asfaw & Gen Suwa
Pages: 79-83
Published online: 13 Apr 2010
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Correlation of cranial and mandibular prognathism in extant and fossil hominids
Fred Spoor, Meave G. Leakey & Louise N. Leakey
Pages: 85-89
Published online: 13 Apr 2010
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‘A tale of two taxa’
Bernard Wood
Pages: 91-94
Published online: 13 Apr 2010
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Dental development and upper molar cusp dimensions of South African australopithecines
Silvia Boccone & Jacopo Moggi Cecchi
Pages: 95-97
Published online: 13 Apr 2010
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Lesser known chapters in the history of the Makapansgat hominid site
J. M. Maguire
Pages: 99-106
Published online: 13 Apr 2010
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Dating of the Sterkfontein hominids: progress and possibilities
T. C. Partridge
Pages: 107-109
Published online: 13 Apr 2010
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Prehistory in blood and bone: An essay on the reconstruction of the past from genetics and morphology
A. G. Morris
Pages: 111-114
Published online: 13 Apr 2010
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Palaeoanthropological and molecular studies on the origin of modern humans in China
Xinzhi Wu
Pages: 115-119
Published online: 13 Apr 2010
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Human Genetics

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Genetic prediction of common multifactorial diseases
Martin Bobrow
Pages: 121-124
Published online: 13 Apr 2010
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Genetics, race and medicine
Trefor Jenkins Frssaf
Pages: 125-128
Published online: 13 Apr 2010
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Human Behaviour and Culture

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Remembrance of things past: amnesic syndrome with partial preservation of professional skills
Laurie Geffen & Gina Geffen
Pages: 129-133
Published online: 13 Apr 2010
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Have you checked your hyoid lately? Strangulation, pathology, trauma, accident
Kenneth A.R. Kennedy
Pages: 135-138
Published online: 13 Apr 2010
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The southern African San and their rock art
J. D. Lewis-Williams
Pages: 139-146
Published online: 13 Apr 2010
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Antiquity of the smoking habit in Africa
Nikolaas J. van der Merwe
Pages: 147-150
Published online: 13 Apr 2010
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Phillip Vallentine Tobias An Appreciation
F. Clark Howell
Pages: 151-152
Published online: 13 Apr 2010
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Professor P.V. Tobias FRS, Hon. FRSSAf

Curriculum vitae
Pages: 153-164
Published online: 13 Apr 2010
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List of publications
Pages: 165-172
Published online: 13 Apr 2010
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