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Portia africana

Known as: Cocalus africanus, Linus africanus, Neccocalus africanus 
 
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2018
2018
Association between hunting and elevated blood lead levels in the critically endangered African white-backed vulture Gyps africanus.
Lead (Pb) toxicity caused by the ingestion of Pb ammunition fragments in carcasses and offal is a threat to scavenging birds… Expand
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2013
Highly Cited
2013
Foraging Ranges of Immature African White-Backed Vultures (Gyps africanus) and Their Use of Protected Areas in Southern Africa
Vultures in the Gyps genus are declining globally. Multiple threats related to human activity have caused widespread declines of… Expand
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2012
Highly Cited
2012
Metopic suture of Taung (Australopithecus africanus) and its implications for hominin brain evolution
The type specimen for Australopithecus africanus (Taung) includes a natural endocast that reproduces most of the external… Expand
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2012
Highly Cited
2012
Endocranial volume of Australopithecus africanus: new CT-based estimates and the effects of missing data and small sample size.
Estimation of endocranial volume in Australopithecus africanus is important in interpreting early hominin brain evolution… Expand
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2010
Highly Cited
2010
Carbofuran and its Toxic Metabolites Provide Forensic Evidence for Furadan Exposure in Vultures (Gyps africanus) in Kenya
Forensic analysis of carbofuran residues in weathered tissue samples for evidence of Furadan exposure in vultures (Gps africanus… Expand
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2010
Highly Cited
2010
Hominoid visual brain structure volumes and the position of the lunate sulcus.
It has been argued that changes in the relative sizes of visual system structures predated an increase in brain size and provide… Expand
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2009
Highly Cited
2009
Veterinary diclofenac threatens Africa's endangered vulture species.
Veterinary diclofenac has been responsible for the devastation of three species of Gyps vulture on the Indian subcontinent, and… Expand
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2009
2009
Terrestrial adaptations in the hands of Equatorius africanus revisited.
Interpretations of the postcranial anatomy of East African early and middle Miocene large-bodied hominoids (e.g., Proconsul… Expand
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2004
Highly Cited
2004
Posterior lunate sulcus in Australopithecus africanus: was Dart right?
Abstract Since Dart’s analysis of the Taung skull in1925 in Nature, there has been controversy surrounding the presence of a… Expand
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2004
2004
Three-dimensional digital imaging of the partial Australopithecus africanus endocranium MLD 37/38.
OBJECTIVE MLD 37/38 is one of a handful of Australopithecus africanus specimens. The partial cranium (about 2.5 million years old… Expand
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