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The lower limb of Australopithecus sediba Bernhard Zipfel
Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
Lee R. Berger
University of the Witwatersrand
Jeremy M. DeSilva
Boston University
Kristian J. Carlson
University of the Witwatersrand
Steven E. Churchill
Duke UniversityKenneth G. Holt
Sagent College
Christopher S. Walker
Duke University
Robert S. Kidd
University of Western Sydney
Eve Boyle
Boston University
Photograph: P Schmit
Adapted from Zipfel et al. (2011)
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Virtual preparation: Kristian Carlson
Zipfel et al. (2011)
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Virtual preparation: Kristian Carlson
Zipfel et al. (2011)
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Acknowledgements• A Leenen - Palaeontological Scientific Trust (PAST)
• E Mbua, P Kiura, V Iminjili – National Museums of Kenya
• Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology
• South African Heritage Resources Agency
• Nash family
• Department of Science and Technology (DST)
• NRF
• Mellon Foundation
• Africa Array Programme
• S Potze and L Kgasi – Ditsong Museum
• B. de Klerk, B. Louw, B. Nkosi, F. Ndaba and D. Mithi – University of the Witwatersrand
• Cleveland Museum of Natural History
• Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
• Harvard Peabody Museum
• Smithsonian Institution
• American Museum of Natural History
• Chicago Field Museum, Powell-Cotton Museum
• The Natural History Museum (London)
• G Suwa – UMUT
• L Wu –IVPP
• J Brink - NMB