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Geology and palaeontology of the Upper Miocene Toros-Menalla hominid locality, Chad.

Vignaud, Patrick, Duringer, Philippe, Mackaye, Hassane Taïsso, Likius, Andossa, Blondel, Cécile, Boisserie, Jean-Renaud, de Bonis, Louis, Eisenmann, Véra +13 more·2002·Nature

Abstract

All six known specimens of the early hominid Sahelanthropus tchadensis come from Toros-Menalla site 266 (TM 266), a single locality in the Djurab Desert, northern Chad, central Africa. Here we present a preliminary analysis of the palaeontological and palaeoecological context of these finds. The rich fauna from TM 266 includes a significant aquatic component such as fish, crocodiles and amphibious mammals, alongside animals associated with gallery forest and savannah, such as primates, rodents, elephants, equids and bovids. The fauna suggests a biochronological age between 6 and 7 million years. Taken together with the sedimentological evidence, the fauna suggests that S. tchadensis lived close to a lake, but not far from a sandy desert, perhaps the oldest record of desert conditions in the Neogene of northern central Africa.

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Vignaud, P., Duringer, P., Mackaye, H. T., Likius, A., Blondel, C., Boisserie, J.-R., de Bonis, L., Eisenmann, V., Etienne, M.-E., Geraads, D., Guy, F., Lehmann, T., Lihoreau, F., Lopez-Martinez, N., Mourer-Chauviré, C., Otero, O., Rage, J.-C., Schuster, M., Viriot, L., Zazzo, A., & Brunet, M.
Affiliations
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • University of N'Djamena (TD)
Corresponding author
Vignaud, Patrick
Venue
Nature
Published
2002-07
Volume
418
Issue
6894
Pages
152-155
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2123184072
Cited by
501
References
30
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FWCI
98.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
Ministère de l'Education Nationale, de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
Keywords
Sahelanthropus tchadensis, early hominins, Miocene, paleoecology, fossil fauna, biochronology, lake environment, desert environment, Neogene, Chad
MeSH terms
Animals, Chad, Fossils, Fresh Water, Geography, Humans, Time Factors, Hominidae, Ecosystem, Geologic Sediments

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