THE EARLIEST ACHEULEAN FROM KONSO-GARDULA

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作者
ASFAW, B
BEYENE, Y
SUWA, G
WALTER, RC
WHITE, TD
WOLDEGABRIEL, G
YEMANE, T
机构
[1] UNIV TOKYO,DEPT ANTHROPOL,BUNKYO KU,TOKYO 113,JAPAN
[2] CTR GEOCHRONOL,INST HUMAN ORIGINS,BERKELEY,CA 94709
[3] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,DEPT ANTHROPOL,HUMAN EVOLUT STUDIES LAB,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[4] LOS ALAMOS NATL LAB,LOS ALAMOS,NM 87545
[5] IOWA STATE UNIV SCI & TECHNOL,DEPT EARTH SCI,AMES,IA 50011
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10.1038/360732a0
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
KONSO-GARDULA is a palaeoanthropological area discovered by the 1991 Palaeoanthropological Inventory of Ethiopia1-5 in the southern Main Ethiopian Rift. The Konso-Gardula sediments span the period about 1.3-1.9 million years ago. They contain rich Acheulean archaeological occurrences. Vertebrate fossils include early Homo.
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