Geology and palaeontology of the late Miocene Middle Awash valley, Afar rift, Ethiopia
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Research describing palaeobiological data from the Afar rift of Ethiopia is presented. In particular hominid origins and evolution during the Late Miocene are investigated.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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Stratigraphic, chronological and behavioural contexts of Pleistocene Homo sapiens from Middle Awash, Ethiopia
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Research has been conducted on environmental, geographic and behavioral contexts of the Homo sapiens emergence. The authors have investigated the fossils of the Late Middle Pleistocene Homo sapiens from Middle Awash, Ethiopia, and have discovered repeated and systematic butchery of hippopotamus carcasses which manifests bone modification of deliberate mortuary practices.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
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Asa Issie, Aramis and the origin of Australopithecus
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A study describing newly discovered fossils from the Middle Awash study area that extend the known Au. anamensis range into northeastern Ethiopia is presented. The new fossils are from chronometrically controlled stratigraphic sequences and date to about 4.1-4.2 million years ago and include diagnostic craniodental remains, the largest hominid canine yet recovered, and the earliest Australopithecus femur.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
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