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