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Anatomy and age of the Lothagam mandible

Year: 1992

Type: article

Abstract: New anatomical data strengthen the allocation of the Lothagam mandible to the family Hominidae, most similar among known hominids to Australopithecus afarensis. New biostratigraphic analyses of Lothagam Suidae, coupled with data from the Tugen Hills succession, suggest that the Lothagam hominid is older than 5·6 Ma, and is therefore the earliest known member of this taxon.

Source: Journal of Human Evolution

DOI: 10.1016/0047-2484(92)90079-o

Authors: Andrew Hill, Steven Ward, Barbara Brown

Institutions: Yale University, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Language: English

Topic: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,990

Funders: National Science Foundation, Leakey Foundation