Macrovertebrate paleontology and the pliocene habitat of ardipithecus ramidus

Science

Volumn 326, Issue 5949, 2009, Pages 87-93

  White, Tim D ^a   Ambrose, Stanley H ^b   Suwa, Gen ^c   Su, Denise F ^d   Degusta, David ^e   Bernor, Raymond L ^f,g   Boisserie, Jean Renaud ^h,i   Brunet, Michel ^j   Delson, Eric ^k,l   Frost, Stephen ^m   Garcia, Nuria ⁿ   Giaourtsakis, Loannis X ^o   Haile Selassie, Yohannes ^p   Clark Howell, F ^q   Lehmann, Thomas ^a   Likius, Andossa ^r   Pehlevan, Cesur ^s   Saegusa, Haruo ^t   Semprebon, Gina ^u   Teaford, Mark ^v   Vrba, Elisabeth ^w,x   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^g HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^j l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^k CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^l DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^m USA ^*  (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^o INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^q CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^r SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^s UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

^t YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^u UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^v Bay Path College   (United States)

^w JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^x YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRANIUM; DENTITION; DIET; ENAMEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOSSIL RECORD; GRASSLAND; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOMINID; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PALEOBIOLOGY; PLIOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WOODLAND;

ANALYSIS; ANTELOPE; ARDIPITHECUS RAMIDUS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL DEVICE; DIET; ENAMEL; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOREST; GRASSLAND; HABITAT; HOMINID; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMAL; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PLIOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; SPECIES; STRATIGRAPHY; VEGETATION; VERTEBRATE;

AFAR; AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ARDIPITHECUS RAMIDUS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CERCOPITHECIDAE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ETHIOPIA; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; MAMMALS; PALEODONTOLOGY; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; TOOTH; TREES;

EID: 85009430966     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1175822     Document Type: Article

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51. Supported by NSF (grants SBR-82-10897, 93-18698, 9512534, 96-32389, 99-10344, and 03-21893 HOMINIDRHOI; and grant SBR 98-71480 for mass spectrometry instrumentation at the Environmental Isotope Palcobiogeochemistry Laboratory) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (G.S. and H.S.). We thank L. Bach, H. Gilbert, and K. Brudvik for illustrations; the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, the Authority for Research and Conservation of the Cultural Heritage, and the National Museum of Ethiopia for permissions and facilitation; and the Afar Regional Government, the Afar people of the Middle Awash, and many other field workers for contributing directly to the data.