Results from an Australopithecus africanus dental enamel fragment confirm the potential of palaeoproteomics for South African Plio-Pleistocene fossil sites

The southern African Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene hominin record is abundant and exhibits a high taxonomic diveHere, we discuss the prospects of using palaeoproteomics to understand the southern African hominin record, and what knowledge it can generate. As an example, we examine the protein preservation of an A. africanus specimen from Sterkfontein Member-4 specimen and identify it as belonging to a male individual.