New insights into facial bone modeling patterns of Australopithecus sediba by Alexandra Schuh, Sarah E. Freidline, Philipp Gunz

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Taung and beyond: The mining history, geology and taphonomy of Australopithecus in South Africa by Rieneke Weij, Stephanie E. Baker, Tara R. Edwards, Job Kibii, Georgina Luti, Robyn Pickering

Subjects: “…Australopithecus africanus…”
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Variation morphologique et concept d’espèce en paléoanthropologie : l’exemple d’Australopithecus en Afrique australe by Amélie Beaudet

“…Historical debates around the fossil remains attributed to Australopithecus in southern Africa is an emblematic example of the influence of those questions on our understanding of human evolution. …”
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Palaeoanthropology in Kenya: After discovery of the Taung Child by Emma Mbua

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Results from an Australopithecus africanus dental enamel fragment confirm the potential of palaeoproteomics for South African Plio-Pleistocene fossil sites by Palesa P. Madupe, Fazeelah Munir, Marc Dickinson, Alberto J. Taurozzi, Meaghan Mackie, Mirriam Tawane, Catherine Mollereau, Nomawethu Hlazo, Kirsty Penkman, Lauren Schroeder, Clément Zanolli, Jesper V. Olsen, Rebecca R. Ackermann, Enrico Cappellini

“… The southern African Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene hominin record is abundant and exhibits a high taxonomic diversity with three genera represented: Australopithecus, Paranthropus and Homo. Hominin fossil diversity and variation are often contextualised within other fossil assemblages or modern/extant counterparts. …”
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"L’enfant de Taung" a 100 ans : un siècle de recherche sur le cerveau d’Australopithecus by Amélie Beaudet, Edwin de Jager, Mirriam Tawane, Brendon Billings

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Contribution à la connaissance du squelette locomoteur d’Australopithecus afarensis : une reconstruction virtuelle de la chaîne articulaire pelvienne by Vanessa Laurent, François Marchal, Jonathan Özçelebi, Anaïs Lambert, Gilles Berillon

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Une ou plusieurs espèces d’Australopithecus à Sterkfontein (Afrique du Sud) ? Comment interpréter la diversité morphologique dans le registre fossile by Amélie Beaudet

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Looking for the origins of the human brain: The role of South Africa in the history of palaeoneurology by Amélie Beaudet, Edwin de Jager, Mirriam Tawane, Brendon Billings

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W poszukiwaniu „brakującego ogniwa” by Jacek Tomczyk

Subjects: “…Australopithecus africanus…”
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Elliptical Fourier analysis of molar outlines in Late Pliocene Parapapio whitei from Makapansgat Limeworks, South Africa by Alexander C. Kim, Frank L’Engle Williams

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The development of chemical approaches to fossil hominin ecology in South Africa by Julia Lee-Thorp, Matt Sponheimer

Subjects: “…Australopithecus africanus…”
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A History of Research on Human Evolution in South Africa from 1924 to 2016 by John Francis Thackeray

“…The very first Plio-Pleistocene specimen of Australopithecus, from the site of Taung, was described by Raymond Dart in 1925. …”
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Les premiers représentants du genre Homo, en quête d’une identité. Apports de l’étude morphologique et de l’analyse cladistique by Sandrine Prat

“…The results of these analyses show that: (a) two species could be defined: habilis and rudolfensis; (b) the specimens belonging to these two taxa are included in the clade of Homo ; (c) the conclusions concerning the revision of the genus Homo and the inclusion of the specimens of habilis and rudolfensis to the genus Australopithecus or Kenyanthropus are questioned.…”
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Cladistics with geometric morphometric data: The variability of the calvarium in the genus Homo by Margaux Simon-Maciejewski, Giorgio Manzi, Valéry Zeitoun, Aurélien Mounier

“…This study tests two different protocols to analyse 23 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) representing the genera Pongo, Gorilla, Pan, Australopithecus and Homo, in order to evaluate the phylogenetic information derived from geometric morphometric data. …”
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100 Years of palaeo-research and its relevance for transformation and social cohesion in South Africa by Dipuo Kgotleng, Stella Basinyi, Wendy Black, Precious Chiwara-Maenzanise

“… Australian-born Raymond Dart arrived in South Africa in 1922 and subsequently gave the name Australopithecus africanus to the fossilised juvenile skull discovered by mine workers in Taung, North West Province. …”
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Contesting a legendary legacy: A century of reflection on Raymond Dart and the Taung skull by Christa Kuljian

“… In 1925, Raymond Dart published his description of the Taung Child skull, which he named Australopithecus africanus, thereby making a pivotal contribution to the field of palaeoanthropology. …”
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Révision de l’espèce Homo erectus (Dubois, 1893) by Valéry Zeitoun

“…Sixty six specimens within Paranthropus boisei, Australopithecus africanus, Pan troglodytes, Gorilla gorilla species and modern humans allowed to establish classes corresponding to characters states for metrical data.Six hundred and thirteen measurements are taken for a complete skull. …”
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