SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF EARLY AFRICAN HOMINIDS

被引：295

作者：

JOHANSON, DC

WHITE, TD

机构：

[1] KENT STATE UNIV,KENT,OH 44242

[2] CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV,CLEVELAND,OH 44106

[3] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,DEPT ANTHROPOL,BERKELEY,CA 94720

来源：

SCIENCE | 1979年 / 203卷 / 4378期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1126/science.104384

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

A large sample of Pliocene fossil hominid remains has been recovered from the African sites of Hadar in Ethiopia and Laetolil in Tanzania. These collections, dating approximately between 2.9 and 3.8 million years ago,-constitute the earliest substantial record of the family Hominidae. This article assesses the phylogenetic relationships of the newly discovered fossil hominids and provides a taxonomy consistent with that assessment. A new taxon, Australopithecus afarensis, has been created to accommodate these Pliocene hominid fossils.

引用

页码：321 / 330

页数：10

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