Stratigraphic placement and age of modern humans from Kibish, Ethiopia

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7027, 2005, Pages 733-736

  McDougall, Ian ^a   Brown, Francis H ^b   Fleagle, John G ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; FELDSPAR; RIVERS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FOSSILS; HOMO SAPIENS; PUMICE CLASTS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOMINID; PLEISTOCENE; SKULL;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ETHIOPIA; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SAPROPEL; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER FLOW; CHEMISTRY; HISTORY; SEDIMENT; SKULL; TIME;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

HOMINIDAE; HOMO SAPIENS;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; FELDSPAR; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; PUMICE; SILICATE;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ETHIOPIA; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICATES; SKULL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13944279562     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03258     Document Type: Article

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