AUSTRALOPITHECUS RAMIDUS, A NEW SPECIES OF EARLY HOMINID FROM ARAMIS, ETHIOPIA

被引：389

作者：

WHITE, TD

SUWA, G

ASFAW, B

机构：

[1] UNIV TOKYO, DEPT ANTHROPOL, BUNKYO KU, TOKYO 113, JAPAN

[2] ETHIOPIAN MINIST CULTURE & SPORTS AFFAIRS, PALEOANTHROPOL LAB, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA

来源：

NATURE | 1994年 / 371卷 / 6495期

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D O I：

10.1038/371306a0

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：

Seventeen hominoid fossils recovered from Pliocene strata at Aramis, Middle Awash, Ethiopia make up a series comprising dental, cranial and postcranial specimens dated to around 4.4 million years ago. When compared with Australopithecus afarensis and with modern and fossil apes the Aramis fossil hominids are recognized as a new species of Australopithecus-A. ramidus sp. nov. The antiquity and primitive morphology of A. ramidus suggests that it represents a long-sought potential root species for the Hominidae.

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页码：306 / 312

页数：7

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