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Early Homo at 2.8 Ma from Ledi-Geraru, Afar, Ethiopia
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Finding Homo nearly 3 million years ago: The fossil record of humans is notoriously patchy and incomplete. Even so, skeletal remains and artifacts unearthed in Africa in recent decades have done much to illuminate human evolution. But what is the origin of the genus Homo ? Villmoare et al. found a fossil mandible and teeth from the Afar region in Ethiopia. The find extends the record of recognizable Homo by at least half a million years, to almost 2.8 million years ago. The morphological traits of the fossil align more closely with Homo than with any other hominid genus. DiMaggio et al. confirm the ancient date of the site and suggest that these early humans lived in a setting that was more open and arid than previously thought. Science , this issue p. 1352 , p. 1355
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Metadata
- Authors
- Villmoare, B., Kimbel, W. H., Seyoum, C., Campisano, C. J., DiMaggio, E. N., Rowan, J., Braun, D. R., Arrowsmith, J. R., & Reed, K. E.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2015-03-20
- Volume
- 347
- Issue
- 6228
- Pages
- 1352-1355
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2080240398
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- 373
- References
- 40
- FWCI
- 201.40
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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