Geological and palaeontological context of a Pliocene juvenile hominin at Dikika, Ethiopia

Nature

Volumn 443, Issue 7109, 2006, Pages 332-336

  Wynn, Jonathan G ^a,f   Alemseged, Zeresenay ^b   Bobe, René ^c   Geraads, Denis ^d   Reed, Denné ^e   Roman, Diana C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXCAVATION; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

DIKIKA RESEARCH PROJECT (DRP); GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; THE HOMININ-BEARING HADAR FORMATION;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; JUVENILE; MAPPING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; STRATIGRAPHY; TAPHONOMY;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; ETHIOPIA; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; HOMINID; HOMININ; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SKELETON; STRATIGRAPHY; TAPHONOMY;

AFRICA; AWASH RIVER; DIKIKA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; GONA; HADAR; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33748926095     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05048     Document Type: Article

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