Oldest evidence of tool making hominins in a grassland-dominated ecosystem.

Oldest evidence of tool making hominins in a grassland-dominated ecosystem.

Major biological and cultural innovations in late Pliocene hominin evolution are frequently linked to the spread or fluctuating presence of C(4) grass in African ecosystems. Whereas the deep sea record of global climatic change provides indirect evidence for an increase in C(4) vegetation with a shi...

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Main Authors: Thomas W Plummer, Peter W Ditchfield, Laura C Bishop, John D Kingston, Joseph V Ferraro, David R Braun, Fritz Hertel, Richard Potts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2746317?pdf=render

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