Palaeoanthropological discoveries in the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia

Palaeoanthropological discoveries in the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia

A survey of Ethiopia's Middle Awash Valley in 1981 yielded new and significant archaeological, palaeontological, geological and geochronological results. Included in the new discoveries are hominid fossils from the Pliocene which show primitive cranial anatomy and a femur adapted to bipedality....

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 1984-02, Vol.307 (5950), p.423-428
Hauptverfasser: Clark, J. Desmond, Asfaw, Berhane, Assefa, Getaneh, Harris, J. W. K, Kurashina, H, Walter, R. C, White, T. D, Williams, M. A. J
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Sprache:eng
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Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Humanities and Social Sciences
Marine and continental quaternary
multidisciplinary
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Surficial geology
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Zusammenfassung:A survey of Ethiopia's Middle Awash Valley in 1981 yielded new and significant archaeological, palaeontological, geological and geochronological results. Included in the new discoveries are hominid fossils from the Pliocene which show primitive cranial anatomy and a femur adapted to bipedality. Archaeological records document human technological change spanning the past 1.5 Myr.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/307423a0