Ecological and temporal placement of early Pliocene hominids at Aramis, Ethiopia
- 1 September 1994
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 371 (6495), 330-333
- https://doi.org/10.1038/371330a0
Abstract
SEDIMENTARY deposits in the Middle Awash research area of Ethiopia's Afar depression have yielded vertebrate fossils including the most ancient hominids known. Radioisotopic dating, geochem-ical analysis of interbedded volcanic ashes and biochronological considerations place the hominid-bearing deposits at around 4.4 million years of age. Sedimentological, botanical and faunal evidence suggests a wooded habitat for the Aramis hominids.Keywords
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