New hominids from the Lake Turkana Basin, Kenya

被引：38

作者：

Brown, B

Brown, FH

Walker, A

机构：

[1] NE Ohio Univ, Coll Med, Dept Orthopaed Surg, Rootstown, OH 44272 USA

[2] Univ Utah, Dept Geol & Geophys, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA

[3] Penn State Univ, Dept Anthropol, University Pk, PA 16802 USA

[4] Penn State Univ, Dept Biol, University Pk, PA 16802 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION | 2001年 / 41卷 / 01期

关键词：

hominid; Lake Turkana; Australopithecus; Homo;

D O I：

10.1006/jhev.2001.0476

中图分类号：

Q98 [人类学];

学科分类号：

030303 ;

摘要：

New hominid fossils from the Lake Turkana Basin range in age from ca. 3.35 to ca. 1.0 Ma. Those recovered from sediments stratigraphically just above the Tulu Bor Tuff in the Lomekwi Member of the Nachukui Formation are best attributed to Australopithecus afarensis. This species is rare in Kenya, probably because of the scarcity of sediments deposited during its time span. Younger specimens are referable either to the megadont A. boisei or early Home. Collectively the new fossils promote further understanding of morphological variation in East African Plio-Pleistocene hominids. (C) 2001 Academic Press.

引用

收藏

页码：29 / 44

页数：16

相关论文

共 25 条

[1] Australopithecus garhi:: A new species of early hominid from Ethiopia [J].

Asfaw, B ;

White, T ;

Lovejoy, O ;

Latimer, B ;

Simpson, S ;

Suwa, G .

SCIENCE, 1999, 284 (5414) :629-635

[2]

BOAZ NT, 1988, YEARB PHYS ANTHROPOL, V31, P85

[3] EARLY HOMO-ERECTUS SKELETON FROM WEST LAKE TURKANA, KENYA [J].

BROWN, F ;

HARRIS, J ;

LEAKEY, R ;

WALKER, A .

NATURE, 1985, 316 (6031) :788-792

[4] STRATIGRAPHIC CONTEXT OF FOSSIL HOMINIDS FROM THE OMO GROUP DEPOSITS - NORTHERN TURKANA BASIN, KENYA AND ETHIOPIA [J].

FEIBEL, CS ;

BROWN, FH ;

MCDOUGALL, I .

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 1989, 78 (04) :595-622

[5] MORPHOLOGY OF THE PLIOCENE PARTIAL HOMINID SKELETON (AL 288-1) FROM THE HADAR FORMATION, ETHIOPIA [J].

JOHANSON, DC ;

LOVEJOY, CO ;

KIMBEL, WH ;

WHITE, TD ;

WARD, SC ;

BUSH, ME ;

LATIMER, BM ;

COPPENS, Y .

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 1982, 57 (04) :403-451

[6] PLIOCENE AND PLEISTOCENE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES WEST OF LAKE TURKANA, KENYA [J].

KIBUNJIA, M ;

ROCHE, H ;

BROWN, FH ;

LEAKEY, RE .

JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION, 1992, 23 (05) :431-438

[7] IDENTIFICATION OF A PARTIAL CRANIUM OF AUSTRALOPITHECUS-AFARENSIS FROM THE KOOBI FORA FORMATION, KENYA [J].

KIMBEL, WH .

JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION, 1988, 17 (07) :647-656

[8] New specimens and confirmation of an early ape for Australopithecus anamensis [J].

Leakey, MG ;

Feibel, CS ;

McDougall, I ;

Ward, C ;

Walker, A .

NATURE, 1998, 393 (6680) :62-66

[9] NEW 4-MILLION-YEAR-OLD HOMINID SPECIES FROM KANAPOI AND ALLIA BAY, KENYA [J].

LEAKEY, MG ;

FEIBEL, CS ;

MCDOUGALL, I ;

WALKER, A .

NATURE, 1995, 376 (6541) :565-571

[10] NEW AUSTRALOPITHECINES FROM EAST RUDOLF, KENYA .2. [J].

LEAKEY, REF ;

WALKER, AC ;

MUNGAI, JM .

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 1972, 36 (02) :235-&