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Postcrania

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In paleoanthropological studies, reconstruction of relationship between various species/remains is considered to be better supported by cranial characters rather than postcranial characters. However, this assumption is largely untested.
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There is some disagreement over whether the skull and skeleton belong to the same or different animals. One example is the case of a
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