First occurrence of early Homo in the Nachukui Formation (West Turkana, Kenya) at 2.3-2.4 Myr

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 230-240

  Prat, Sandrine ^a   Brugal, Jean Philip ^b   Tiercelin, Jean Jacques ^c   Barrat, Jean Alix ^c   Bohn, Marcel ^c   Delagnes, Anne ^d   Harmand, Sonia ^e   Kimeu, Kamoya ^f   Kibunjia, Mzalendo ^f   Texier, Pierre Jean ^g   Roche, Hélène ^e  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^e Maison de l'Archéologie et de l'Ethnologie   (France)

^f INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^g UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Early Homo; Pliocene; West Turkana

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; PLIOCENE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TURKANA; WORLD;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; HOMINIDAE; PARANTHROPUS BOISEI;

EID: 22544475569     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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