New hominid fossils from Woranso-Mille (Central Afar, Ethiopia) and taxonomy of early Australopithecus

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 406-417

  Haile Selassie, Yohannes ^a   Saylor, Beverly Z ^b   Deino, Alan ^c   Alene, Mulugeta ^d   Latimer, Bruce M ^b  

^a CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; Ethiopia; Pliocene; Taxonomy; Woranso Mille

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS ANAMENSIS; CHRONOLOGY; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; ETHIOPIA; FOSSIL; FOSSIL HOMINID; HOMINID; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PLESIOMORPHY; SEDIMENT; SKULL; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; ETHIOPIA; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; HOMINIDAE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; PALEONTOLOGY; SKULL; TOOTH;

ALLIA; AUSTRALOPITHECUS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; AUSTRALOPITHECUS ANAMENSIS; HOMINIDAE;

EID: 76149097526     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21159     Document Type: Article

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