Preliminary geology and paleontology of new hominid-bearing Pliocene localities in the central Afar region of Ethiopia

Anthropological Science

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-222

  Haile Selassie, Yohannes ^a   Deino, Alan ^b   Saylor, Beverly ^c   Umer, Mohammed ^d   Latimer, Bruce ^a  

^a CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Early pliocene; Ethiopia; Evolution; Hominids; Woranso Mille

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549035848     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.070426     Document Type: Article

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