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Fossil Carder Bee's Nest from the Hominin Locality of Taung, South Africa by Parker, Jennifer F, Hopley, Philip J, Kuhn, Brian F

“…The Buxton-Norlim Limeworks southwest of Taung, South Africa, is renowned for the discovery of the first Australopithecus africanus fossil, the 'Taung Child'…”
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Letter to the editor: Geochronology and palaeoenvironments of Southern African hominin-bearing localities-A reply to Wrangham et al., 2009. "Shallow-water habitats as sources of fallback foods for hominins" by Herries, Andy I.R., Hopley, Philip J., Adams, Justin W., Curnoe, Darren, Maslin, Mark A.

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Sporadic sampling, not climatic forcing, drives observed early hominin diversity by Maxwell, Simon J., Hopley, Philip J., Upchurch, Paul, Soligo, Christophe

“…The role of climate change in the origin and diversification of early hominins is hotly debated. Most accounts of early hominin evolution link observed…”
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The 8200yr BP cold event in stable isotope records from the North Atlantic region by Daley, Timothy J., Thomas, Elizabeth R., Holmes, Jonathan A., Street-Perrott, F. Alayne, Chapman, Mark R., Tindall, Julia C., Valdes, Paul J., Loader, Neil J., Marshall, James D., Wolff, Eric W., Hopley, Philip J., Atkinson, Tim, Barber, Keith E., Fisher, Elizabeth H., Robertson, Iain, Hughes, Paul D.M., Roberts, C. Neil

“…An abrupt cold event ca. 8200cal.yr BP, is believed to have been caused by the catastrophic release of ice-dammed meltwater from Lake Agassiz and associated…”
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Climate-averaging of terrestrial faunas: an example from the Plio-Pleistocene of South Africa by Hopley, Philip J, Maslin, Mark A

“…Fundamental to the interpretation of bone-bearing faunal deposits is an understanding of the taphonomic processes that have modified the once living fossil…”
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Brief Communication: Beyond the South African cave paradigm-Australopithecus africanus from Plio-Pleistocene paleosol deposits at Taung by Hopley, Philip J., Herries, Andy I.R., Baker, Stephanie Edwards, Kuhn, Brian F., Menter, Colin G.

“…ABSTRACT Following the discovery of the “Taung Child” (Australopithecus africanus) in 1924 in the Buxton‐Norlim Limeworks near Taung, the fossil‐bearing…”
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Orbital forcing and the spread of C4 grasses in the late Neogene: stable isotope evidence from South African speleothems by Hopley, Philip J, Marshall, Jim D, Weedon, Graham P, Latham, Alf G, Herries, Andy I R, Kuykendall, Kevin L

“…Reconstructing Plio-Pleistocene African paleoenvironments is important for models of early hominin evolution, but is often hampered by low-resolution or…”
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Orbital forcing and the spread of C 4 grasses in the late Neogene: stable isotope evidence from South African speleothems by Hopley, Philip J., Marshall, Jim D., Weedon, Graham P., Latham, Alf G., Herries, Andy I.R., Kuykendall, Kevin L.

“…Reconstructing Plio-Pleistocene African paleoenvironments is important for models of early hominin evolution, but is often hampered by low-resolution or…”
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Plesiosaur spinal pathology: the first fossil occurrence of Schmorl's nodes by HOPLEY, PHILIP J

“…A plesiosaur specimen from the Lower Lias (Lower Jurassic) of England displays lesions of the vertebral end-plate in 24 of the 27 preserved centra. A single…”
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Stable isotope analysis of carnivores from the Turkana Basin, Kenya: Evidence for temporally-mixed fossil assemblages by Hopley, Philip J., Cerling, Thure E., Crété, Lucile, Werdelin, Lars, Mwebi, Ogeto, Manthi, Fredrick K., Leakey, Louise N.

“…Stable isotope palaeoecology of fossil mammals is a key research tool for understanding the environmental context of hominin evolution in the Plio-Pleistocene…”
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Seasonal variability in silicate weathering signatures recorded by Li isotopes in cave drip-waters by Wilson, David J., Pogge von Strandmann, Philip A.E., White, Jo, Tarbuck, Gary, Marca, Alina D., Atkinson, Tim C., Hopley, Philip J.

“…Silicate weathering is a critical process in Earth’s carbon cycle, but the fundamental controls on weathering are poorly understood and its response to future…”
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Speleothem evidence for C3 dominated vegetation during the Late Miocene (Messinian) of South Africa by Hopley, Philip J., Reade, Hazel, Parrish, Randall, De Kock, Michiel, Adams, Justin W.

“…During the Late Miocene, Africa experienced a number of ecological transitions including the spread of C4 grasslands, the expansion of the Sahara Desert, the…”
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The 8200 yr BP cold event in stable isotope records from the North Atlantic region by Daley, Timothy J., Thomas, Elizabeth R., Holmes, Jonathan A., Street-Perrott, F. Alayne, Chapman, Mark R., Tindall, Julia C., Valdes, Paul J., Loader, Neil J., Marshall, James D., Wolff, Eric W., Hopley, Philip J., Atkinson, Tim, Barber, Keith E., Fisher, Elizabeth H., Robertson, Iain, Hughes, Paul D.M., Roberts, C. Neil

“…An abrupt cold event ca. 8200 cal. yr BP, is believed to have been caused by the catastrophic release of ice-dammed meltwater from Lake Agassiz and associated…”
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Modelling Late Oligocene C 4 grasses and climate by Lunt, Daniel J., Ross, Ian, Hopley, Philip J., Valdes, Paul J.

“…Evidence suggests that C 4 grasses, adapted to conditions of low CO 2, high temperatures, and water-stressed environments, expanded relatively quickly, and in…”
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Modelling Late Oligocene C4 grasses and climate by Lunt, Daniel J., Ross, Ian, Hopley, Philip J., Valdes, Paul J.

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High- and low-latitude orbital forcing of early hominin habitats in South Africa by Hopley, Philip J., Weedon, Graham P., Marshall, Jim D., Herries, Andy I.R., Latham, Alf G., Kuykendall, Kevin L.

“…Reconstructions of African palaeoenvironments are essential for a full understanding of early hominin evolution, but they are often hampered by low-resolution…”
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Speleothem preservation and diagenesis in South African hominin sites implications for paleoenvironments and geochronology by Hopley, Philip J., Marshall, Jim D., Latham, Alf G.

“…Plio‐Pleistocene speleothems from australopithecine‐bearing caves of South Africa have the potential to yield paleoenvironmental and geochronological…”
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Palaeoenvironments and palaeodiets of mid-Pliocene micromammals from Makapansgat Limeworks, South Africa: A stable isotope and dental microwear approach by Hopley, Philip J., Latham, Alf G., Marshall, Jim D.

“…Savannah (C 4) grasses are first recorded at low latitudes in the mid-Miocene prior to their expansion towards mid-latitudes by approximately the…”
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Orbital forcing and the spread of C4 grasses in the late Neogene : stable isotope evidence from South African speleothems: African paleoclimate and human evolution by HOPLEY, Philip J, MARSHALL, Jim D, WEEDON, Graham P, LATHAM, Alf G, HERRIES, Andy I. R, KUYKENDALL, Kevin L

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Plesiosaur spinal pathology: the first fossil occurrence of Schmorl's nodes by Hopley, Philip J.

“…A plesiosaur specimen from the Lower Lias (Lower Jurassic) of England displays lesions of the vertebral end-plate in 24 of the 27 preserved centra. A single…”
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