Chronostratigraphy of KNM-ER 3733 and other Area 104 hominins from Koobi Fora.

Autor: Lepre CJ; Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, USA. Electronic address: lepre@ldeo.columbia.edu., Kent DV; Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of human evolution [J Hum Evol] 2015 Sep; Vol. 86, pp. 99-111. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Jul 16.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.06.010
Abstrakt: A magnetostratigraphy for ∼ 60 m of Koobi Fora Formation sediment in Area 104 was derived from 46 oriented samples that produced well-resolved characteristic magnetizations from progressive thermal demagnetization. Approximately 59 m below the Morte Tuff, previously dated to ∼ 1.51 Ma (millions of years ago), the Olduvai-Matuyama boundary (∼ 1.78 Ma) was found to be at the level of marker bed A2--inconsistent with the Area 102 type section and thus contrary to fossil dating schemes that utilize temporal equivalence between A2 [104] and A2 [102]. The magnetostratigraphic data, coupled with the Morte Tuff, provide a means to interpolate new ages for marker beds A2 [104] and the White Tuff, as well as multiple Area 104 hominin fossils. Noteworthy is the new date of ∼ 1.63 Ma for KNM-ER 3733, which now implicates KNM-ER 2598 as the sole early African Homo erectus fossil demonstrably older than Dmanisi and Java Homo specimens. Re-dating KNM-ER 3733 creates a ∼ 300-kyr gap at 1.9 to 1.6 Ma in the African fossil record of H. erectus, which might be partially spanned by hand axes recently dated at ∼ 1.76 Ma, if the Acheulian is indeed proprietary to this species.
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