The paleoanthropology of Hadar, Ethiopia
| Autor: | Donald C. Johanson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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010506 paleontology
060101 anthropology Lineage (evolution) General Engineering 06 humanities and the arts Biology biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Paleontology Taxon Australopithecus Paleoanthropology 0601 history and archaeology Time range Australopithecus afarensis 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Comptes Rendus Palevol. 16:140-154 |
| ISSN: | 1631-0683 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.crpv.2016.10.005 |
| Popis: | Field research at the fossil-bearing deposits in the Afar Depression began in the 1970s. Prior to this, hominin fossils older than 3.0 Mya consisted of only a handful of fragments. During Phase I, the International Afar Research Expedition to Hadar, Ethiopia collected some 240 fossil hominins from Hadar over a time range of 3.0–3.4 Mya. Along with hominin fossils from Laetoli, they were deemed a new species, Australopithecus afarensis . This taxon was posited as the last common ancestor to robust Australopithecus and the Homo lineage in eastern Africa. Phase II research under the Hadar Research Project has added strength to the Phase I results, including the first association of a Homo fossil with stone tools at 2.4 Mya. This presentation is a cursory synopsis of the importance and implications of the hominin fossils recovered at Hadar during over the last 34 years. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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