A New Hominin From the Basal Member of the Hadar Formation, Dikika, Ethiopia, and Its Geological Context
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2005
Keywords
Pliocene, Hominin evolution, Australopithecus afarensis, Hadar Formation, Dikika, Ethiopia
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.06.001
Abstract
In this paper we report for the first time hominin remains from the Basal Member of the Hadar Formation at Dikika, in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia, dating to greater than 3.4 Ma. The new fossil, DIK-2-1, is a fragment of a left mandible and associated dentition. The mandible is attributed to Australopithecus afarensis. However, the new fossil exhibits some metric and morphological features that have not previously been seen in the A. afarensis hypodigm, increasing the already impressive degree of variation in the mandibular sample of the species.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Human Evolution, v. 49, issue 4, p. 499-514
Scholar Commons Citation
Alemseged, Zeresenay; Wynn, Jonathan G.; Kimbel, William H.; Reed, Denné; Geraads, Denis; and Bobe, René, "A New Hominin From the Basal Member of the Hadar Formation, Dikika, Ethiopia, and Its Geological Context" (2005). School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications. 232.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geo_facpub/232
