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

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 Ho...

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Main Authors:	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
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Language:	English
Published:	Nature Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:	Nature Communications
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16060-8

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spelling	doaj-32abb3eaf85345999fb87d09919c3eb72021-05-23T11:15:03ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232020-05-0111111210.1038/s41467-020-16060-8Fossils from Mille-Logya, Afar, Ethiopia, elucidate the link between Pliocene environmental changes and Homo originsZeresenay Alemseged0Jonathan G. Wynn1Denis Geraads2Denne Reed3W. Andrew Barr4René Bobe5Shannon P. McPherron6Alan Deino7Mulugeta Alene8Mark J. Sier9Diana Roman10Joseph Mohan11Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of ChicagoDivision of Earth Sciences, National Science FoundationCR2P, Sorbonne Universités, MNHN, CNRS, UPMC, CP 38Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at AustinCenter for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology. Department of Anthropology, The George Washington UniversityPrimate Models for Behavioural Evolution Lab, Institute of Cognitive & Evolutionary Anthropology, School of Anthropology, University of OxfordDepartment of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyBerkeley Geochronology CenterSchool of Earth Sciences, Addis Ababa UniversityCENIEH, Paseo Sierra de Atapuerca 3Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for ScienceClimate Change Institute, University of MaineKey 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16060-8
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author	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
spellingShingle	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 Fossils from Mille-Logya, Afar, Ethiopia, elucidate the link between Pliocene environmental changes and Homo origins Nature Communications
author_facet	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
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title	Fossils from Mille-Logya, Afar, Ethiopia, elucidate the link between Pliocene environmental changes and Homo origins
title_short	Fossils from Mille-Logya, Afar, Ethiopia, elucidate the link between Pliocene environmental changes and Homo origins
title_full	Fossils from Mille-Logya, Afar, Ethiopia, elucidate the link between Pliocene environmental changes and Homo origins
title_fullStr	Fossils from Mille-Logya, Afar, Ethiopia, elucidate the link between Pliocene environmental changes and Homo origins
title_full_unstemmed	Fossils from Mille-Logya, Afar, Ethiopia, elucidate the link between Pliocene environmental changes and Homo origins
title_sort	fossils from mille-logya, afar, ethiopia, elucidate the link between pliocene environmental changes and homo origins
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series	Nature Communications
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publishDate	2020-05-01
description	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.
url	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16060-8
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Fossils from Mille-Logya, Afar, Ethiopia, elucidate the link between Pliocene environmental changes and Homo origins

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