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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026

Swartkrans

Marine Cazenave, Annalisa Pietrobelli, Andrea Luková, Sebastian Bachmann, Matthew V Caruana, Ronald J Clarke, Christopher J Dunmore, Ashley S Hammond, Jason L Heaton, A J Heile and 10 more

Abstract read
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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. SwartkransProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Marine CazenaveDepartment of Human Origins, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig 04103, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7194-5958
Annalisa PietrobelliDepartment of Human Origins, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig 04103, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2558-1118
Andrea LukováDepartment of Human Origins, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig 04103, Germany.ORCID 0009-0001-9843-336X
Sebastian BachmannInstitute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, Technischen Universität Wien, Vienna 1060, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-6533-3602
Matthew V CaruanaEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2017, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-2095-5360
Ronald J ClarkeEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2017, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-1759-8937
Christopher J DunmoreSchool of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NZ, United Kingdom.
Ashley S HammondDivision of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024-5102.ORCID 0000-0001-8444-0553
Jason L HeatonEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2017, South Africa.
A J HeileDepartment of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706.
Jakobus HoffmanSouth African Nuclear Energy Corporation, Pelindaba 0240, South Africa.
Kathleen KumanSchool of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-1252-9895
Dieter H PahrInstitute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, Technischen Universität Wien, Vienna 1060, Austria.
Christopher M SmithDivision of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024-5102.ORCID 0000-0001-9259-1079
Dominic StratfordSchool of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa.
Alexander SynekInstitute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, Technischen Universität Wien, Vienna 1060, Austria.
Zewdi J TsegaiDepartment of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637.
Tracy L KivellDepartment of Human Origins, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig 04103, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5087-0897
Travis Rayne PickeringEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2017, South Africa.
Matthew M SkinnerDepartment of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig 04103, Germany.

Funding

Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust NaDSTNRF UID23456EC | Horizon Europe | Excellent Science | HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council (ERC) 819960Fondation Fyssen (Fyssen Foundation) NaGraduate School Research Programs, University of Wisconsin-Madison NaLeakey Foundation (The Leakey Foundation) NaMax Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology NaOppenheimer Generations NaPalaeontological Scientifc Trust NaRichard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History Na
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Southern African hominin fossils traditionally attributed to

Indexed as

FossilsHominidaeLocomotionAfrica, SouthernAnimalsBiological EvolutionFemurTibia

Identifiers

PMID42113994
PMCPMC13187710

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