Correlation of the KHS Tuff of the Kibish Formation to volcanic ash layers at other sites, and the age of early Homo sapiens (Omo I and Omo II)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 577-585

  Brown, Francis H ^a   McDougall, Ian ^b   Fleagle, John G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; Early Homo sapiens; Ethiopia; Kibish; Tephra

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; HOMINID; SKELETAL REMAINS; TEPHRA; TUFF; VOLCANIC ASH;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIA; ETHIOPIAN RIFT; GONA; KONSO; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 84865861772     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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