Late Pliocene homo and hominid land use from western Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Science

Volumn 299, Issue 5610, 2003, Pages 1217-1221

  Blumenschine, Robert J ^a   Peters, Charles R ^b   Masao, Fidelis T ^c   Clarke, Ronald J ^d   Deino, Alan L ^e   Hay, Richard L ^f   Swisher, Carl C ^a   Stanistreet, Ian G ^g   Ashley, Gail M ^a   McHenry, Lindsay J ^a   Sikes, Nancy E ^h   Van der Merwe, Nikolaas J ⁱ   Tactikos, Joanne C ^a   Cushing, Amy E ^a   Deocampo, Daniel M ^h   Njau, Jackson K ^a   Ebert, James I ^j  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Paleo Cultur/Environmental Research   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^f University of Arizona   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^h DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^j Elbert and Associates   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; GEOLOGY; LAND USE;

STONE ARTIFACTS;

EXCAVATION;

CRANIUM; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; PLIOCENE; TAXONOMY;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE AGE; DENTITION; HOMINID; HUMAN; LAND USE; MAXILLA; MORPHOTYPE; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PLIOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; DENTITION; ENVIRONMENT; FACIAL BONES; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; PALEODONTOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SEASONS; SKULL; TANZANIA; TERMINOLOGY; TOOTH;

TANZANIA;

HOMINIDAE; HOMO HABILIS; HOMO RUDOLFENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242515845     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1075374     Document Type: Article

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29. We thank the Tanzanian government for permission to conduct fieldwork at Olduvai; C. Kilembe, O. Kileo, C. Msuya, F. Ndunguru, G. K. Olle Moita, and J. Pareso for facilitating this work; T. D. White for comments on the hominid taxonomic interpretations; C. S. Feibel for identifying Corbicula and providing the reference on its environmental tolerances; S. C. Anton for comments on table S2; and P. V. Tobias for comments on the submitted manuscript. S. R. Copeland, G, F. Mollel, J. Temba, G. Peter, and A. Venance provided excavation and mapping assistance. A. Venance and A. E. Cushing found OH 65 during excavation. The research was funded by NSF (grants SBR-9000099, SBR-9601065, and BCS-0109027), Rutgers University, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, National Geographic Society, L. S. B. Leakey Foundation, Smithsonian Institution, Harvard University, University of Georgia, and Boise Fund.