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Ashley Kruger

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Paleontologist & Paleoanthropologist @naturhistoriska #fossils #paleontology #paleoanthropology #archeology #adna
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Evidence for deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi

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By Lee Berger, Tebogo V. Makhubela, Keneiloe Molopyane, Ashley Kruger
| eLife
Burials have been broadly recognized in the archaeological record as pits within the earth that were intentionally dug to inter the remains of the dead and then covered with sediments or other materials (Pearson, 1999; Pettitt and Anderson, 2020). Burial is just one of many kinds of mortuary practices, which in their presentation have diverse forms, functions, and meanings across human societies (Metcalf and Huntington, 1991; Robben, 1991).
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Evidence for deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi

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By Lee Berger, Tebogo V. Makhubela, Keneiloe Molopyane, Ashley Kruger
| BioRxiv
Abstract In this study we describe new results of excavations in the Dinaledi Subsystem of the Rising Star cave system, South Africa. In two areas within the Hill Antechamber and the Dinaledi Chamber this work uncovered concentrations of abundant Homo naledi fossils including articulated, matrix-supported skeletal regions consistent with rapid covering by sediment prior to the decomposition of soft tissue.
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Fossil and modern penguin tarsometatarsi: cavities, vascularity, and resilience

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By Piotr JADWISZCZAK, Ashley Kruger, Thomas Mörs
| Wiley Online Library Verified
INTRODUCTION Among all bird orders, penguins (Aves: Sphenisciformes) have experienced the most extraordinary evolutionary shift, in terms of anatomy, physiology, and behavior, transitioning from aerial to aquatic locomotion powered by their wings (Davis & Renner 2003). They first appeared in the fossil record in New Zealand and its vicinity, dating back to the early Paleogene (specifically, the Paleocene epoch), and soon became quite diverse (e.g. Slack et al. 2006; Mayr et al.
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