Australopithecus sediba at 1.977 Ma and implications for the origins of the genus Homo

Science

Volumn 333, Issue 6048, 2011, Pages 1421-1423

  Pickering, Robyn ^a,c   Dirks, Paul H G M ^b,c   Jinnah, Zubair ^c   De Ruiter, Darryl J ^c,d   Churchil, Steven E ^c,e   Herries, Andy I R ^f   Woodhead, Jon D ^a   Hellstrom, John C ^a   Berger, Lee R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

CAPPING; CAVE DEPOSIT; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALOPITHECUS SEDIBA; FOSSIL HOMININ; GENUS; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; NONHUMAN; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; HOMINIDAE; MAGNETICS; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME; URANIUM;

GAUTENG; MALAPA; SOUTH AFRICA;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS;

EID: 80052643615     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1203697     Document Type: Article

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