New palaeoanthropological research in the Plio-Pleistocene Omo Group, Lower Omo Valley, SNNPR (Southern Nations, Nationalities and People Regions), Ethiopia

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 429-439

  Boisserie, Jean Renaud ^a   Guy, Franck ^b   Delagnes, Anne ^c   Hlukso, Leslea J ^d   Bibi, Faysal ^e   Beyene, Yonas ^f   Guillemot, Claude ^g  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UFR SFA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Ministry of Culture and Tourism ^*  (Ethiopia)

^g MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Early Stone Age; Eastern Africa; Field work; Fossil vertebrates; Hominids; Late Pliocene; Shungura Formation

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

ANTHROPOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HOMINID; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VALLEY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; OMO VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HOMINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 53849091297     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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