THE 1ST SKULL AND OTHER NEW DISCOVERIES OF AUSTRALOPITHECUS-AFARENSIS AT HADAR, ETHIOPIA

被引：146

作者：

KIMBEL, WH ^{[1
]}

JOHANSON, DC ^{[1
]}

RAK, Y ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] TEL AVIV UNIV, SACKLER SCH MED, DEPT ANAT, TEL AVIV, ISRAEL

来源：

NATURE | 1994年 / 368卷 / 6470期

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D O I：

10.1038/368449a0

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：

THE Hadar Formation in Ethiopia is a prolific source of Pliocene Hominidae attributed to the species Australopithecus afarensis1. Since 1990, three seasons of field work have contributed 53 new specimens to the hominid inventory from Hadar, including the first fairly complete adult skull. Ranging from 3.0 to 3.4 million years in age (Fig. 1)2-4 , the new specimens bear on key debates in hominid palaeontology, including the taxonomic implications of sample variation and the reconstruction of locomotor behaviour. They confirm the taxonomic unity of A. afarensis and constitute the largest body of evidence for about 0.9 million years of stasis in the earliest known hominid species.

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页码：449 / 451

页数：3