Fossils from Mille-Logya, Afar, Ethiopia, elucidate the link between Pliocene environmental changes and Homo origins

Autor: Zeresenay Alemseged, Jonathan G. Wynn, Denis Geraads, Denne Reed, W. Andrew Barr, René Bobe, Shannon P. McPherron, Alan Deino, Mulugeta Alene, Mark J. Sier, Diana Roman, Joseph Mohan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16060-8
Popis: Key events in human evolution are thought to have occurred between 3 and 2.5 Ma, but the fossil record of this period is sparse. Here, Alemseged et al. report a new fossil site from this period, Mille-Logya, Ethiopia, and characterize the geology, basin evolution and fauna, including specimens of Homo.
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