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Early Pliocene hominids from Gona, Ethiopia

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  • Sileshi Semaw

    (Indiana University)

  • Scott W. Simpson

    (Case Western Reserve University-School of Medicine
    Cleveland Museum of Natural History)

  • Jay Quade

    (University of Arizona)

  • Paul R. Renne

    (Berkeley Geochronology Center
    University of California)

  • Robert F. Butler

    (University of Arizona)

  • William C. McIntosh

    (New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources
    New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology)

  • Naomi Levin

    (University of Arizona)

  • Manuel Dominguez-Rodrigo

    (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

  • Michael J. Rogers

    (Southern Connecticut State University)

Abstract

Creatures of the forest? The discovery of 4.5-million-year-old fossils of the hominid Ardipithecus ramidus increases our knowledge of a fascinating stage of human evolution, before hominids left the forests for the open savanna. Fossil finds of this age are rare, but deposits in Gona, Ethiopia, have yielded material from at least nine individuals. Their context shows that they lived in an environment of moderate rainfall woodland, and grasslands.

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  • Sileshi Semaw & Scott W. Simpson & Jay Quade & Paul R. Renne & Robert F. Butler & William C. McIntosh & Naomi Levin & Manuel Dominguez-Rodrigo & Michael J. Rogers, 2005. "Early Pliocene hominids from Gona, Ethiopia," Nature, Nature, vol. 433(7023), pages 301-305, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:433:y:2005:i:7023:d:10.1038_nature03177
    DOI: 10.1038/nature03177
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