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ArticleeLife2017

New fossil remains of

John Hawks, Marina Elliott, Peter Schmid, Steven E Churchill, Darryl J de Ruiter, Eric M Roberts, Hannah Hilbert-Wolf, Heather M Garvin, Scott A Williams, Lucas K Delezene and 28 more

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Article in eLife, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
118.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 157 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. On the moral status of hominins.Monash bioethics review · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

38 authors at 17 institutions in 7 countries.

John HawksEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-3187-3755
Marina ElliottEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Peter SchmidEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Steven E ChurchillEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Darryl J de RuiterEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Eric M RobertsGeosciences, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.
Hannah Hilbert-WolfGeosciences, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.
Heather M GarvinEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Scott A WilliamsEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Lucas K DelezeneEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Elen M FeuerriegelEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Patrick Randolph-QuinneyEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Tracy L KivellEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Myra F LairdEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Gaokgatlhe TawaneEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Jeremy M DeSilvaEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Shara E BaileyCenter for the Study of Human Origins, Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York, United States.
Juliet K BrophyEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Marc R MeyerDepartment of Anthropology, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, United States.
Matthew M SkinnerEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Matthew W TocheriDepartment of Anthropology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada.
Caroline VanSickleEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Christopher S WalkerEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Timothy L CampbellDepartment of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States.
Brian KuhnDepartment of Geology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Ashley KrugerEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Steven TuckerEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Alia GurtovEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Nompumelelo HlopheEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Rick HunterEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Hannah MorrisEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Becca PeixottoEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Maropeng RamalepaEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Dirk van RooyenEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Mathabela TsikoaneEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Pedro BoshoffEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.
Paul Hgm DirksGeosciences, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1582-1405
Lee R BergerEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Wits, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0367-7629
University of the Witwatersrand · ZAJames Cook University · AUUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · USAmerican University · USBryn Mawr College · USChaffey College · USDartmouth College · USDuke University · USLouisiana State University · USMercyhurst University · USNew York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology · USNorth Carolina State University · USSmithsonian Institution · USTexas A&M University · USUniversity of Georgia · USUniversity of Johannesburg · ZAUniversity of Lancashire · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Rising Star cave system has produced abundant fossil hominin remains within the Dinaledi Chamber, representing a minimum of 15 individuals attributed to

Indexed as

FossilsHominidaeAnimalsCavesSouth Africaevolutionary biologygenomicshomininHomo nalediLesedi Chambernonepaleoanthropology

Identifiers

PMID28483039
PMCPMC5423776
OpenAlexW2612787201

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