The specimen was originally hailed by members of the scientific team who described it as a potential "missing link" between primitive primates and anthropoids (that is, the group that includes monkeys, apes and humans).
The specimen was originally excavated from the Turkana Basin, an area surrounding Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, a region famous for human fossil discoveries.
This specimen was originally considered Sinocastor, and later transferred to Castor.
Collected in 1929 in Northern China from Paote, Shanxi Province (Pontian Red Clays of Baode, locality 108 of Andersson and Zdansky), this specimen was originally described as the type specimen for S. broilii [29].
The Skhūl remains, together with the nearby Tabūn specimens, were originally described as transitional in human evolution between Neanderthals and modern humans.
While the tested specimens were originally intended for the assessment of buckling behavior of composite laminates of wind turbine blades, results were found valuable for the marine industry as well, because similar laminates are used for the hull shell and stiffeners.
These specimens were originally discovered and collected in South Africa by study author Roger Smith, but when Kammerer was visiting the museum collections there he noticed some unexpected traits in some of the dicynodont fossils.
The two existing specimens were originally preserved in alcohol, but though this can discolour specimens, it is not probable that it could turn green to blue.
The four standard external measurements in museum specimens were originally made by numerous different museum preparers and recorded from museum tags: total length (TOT), tail length (TAIL), hind foot length (HF), and ear length (EAR).
Blood samples and surgical specimens were originally collected from 148 patients, who had signed an informed consent to participate and were eligible for the study.
