title: PALEOANTHROPOLOGY. Response to Comment on "Early Homo at 2.8 Ma from Ledi-Geraru, Afar, Ethiopia".
abstract: Hawks et al. argue that our analysis of Australopithecus sediba mandibles is flawed and that specimen LD 350-1 cannot be distinguished from this, or any other, Australopithecus species. Our reexamination of the evidence confirms that LD 350-1 falls outside of the pattern that A. sediba shares with Australopithecus and thus is reasonably assigned to the genus Homo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, 89154, USA. Center for the Advanced Study of Hominin Paleobiology, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA. Department of Anthropology, University College London, London WC1H 0BW, UK. brian.villmoare@unlv.edu wkimbel.iho@asu.edu.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Villmoare
authors.affiliation: School of Human Evolution and Social Change and Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. brian.villmoare@unlv.edu wkimbel.iho@asu.edu.
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Kimbel
authors.affiliation: School of Human Evolution and Social Change and Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. Authority for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Chalachew
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Seyoum
authors.affiliation: School of Human Evolution and Social Change and Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Campisano
authors.affiliation: Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: DiMaggio
authors.affiliation: School of Human Evolution and Social Change and Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rowan
authors.affiliation: Center for the Advanced Study of Hominin Paleobiology, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.affiliation: School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA.
authors.forename: J Ramon
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Arrowsmith
authors.affiliation: School of Human Evolution and Social Change and Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
authors.forename: Kaye E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Reed
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D015186:Hominidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans