Abstract
A piece of mandible and several isolated teeth are reported from fluviatile sediments older than 4 million years at East Lake Turkana. They most closely resemble hominids from Laetoli, Tanzania and Hadar, Ethiopia which have been assigned to Australopithecus afarensis.
Publication types
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Historical Article
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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History, Ancient
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Hominidae / anatomy & histology*
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Humans
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Kenya
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Mandible / anatomy & histology
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Paleodontology*
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Tooth / anatomy & histology