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A new hominid from the Upper Miocene of Chad, Central Africa

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  • Michel Brunet

    (Université de Poitiers)

  • Franck Guy

    (Université de Poitiers
    Harvard University)

  • David Pilbeam

    (Harvard University)

  • Hassane Taisso Mackaye

    (Université de N'Djaména)

  • Andossa Likius

    (Université de Poitiers
    Université de N'Djaména)

  • Djimdoumalbaye Ahounta

    (Centre National d'Appui à la Recherche)

  • Alain Beauvilain

    (Centre National d'Appui à la Recherche)

  • Cécile Blondel

    (Université de Poitiers)

  • Hervé Bocherens

    (CNRS UMR 5554, Université de Montpellier II)

  • Jean-Renaud Boisserie

    (Université de Poitiers)

  • Louis De Bonis

    (Université de Poitiers)

  • Yves Coppens

    (Collège de France)

  • Jean Dejax

    (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle et CNRS UMR 8569)

  • Christiane Denys

    (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle et CNRS UMR 8569)

  • Philippe Duringer

    (CNRS UMR 7517, Université Louis Pasteur)

  • Véra Eisenmann

    (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle et CNRS UMR 8569)

  • Gongdibé Fanone

    (Centre National d'Appui à la Recherche)

  • Pierre Fronty

    (Université de Poitiers)

  • Denis Geraads

    (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique UPR 2147)

  • Thomas Lehmann

    (Université de Poitiers)

  • Fabrice Lihoreau

    (Université de Poitiers)

  • Antoine Louchart

    (CNRS UMR 5125, Université Claude Bernard)

  • Adoum Mahamat

    (Centre National d'Appui à la Recherche)

  • Gildas Merceron

    (Université de Poitiers)

  • Guy Mouchelin

    (Université de Poitiers)

  • Olga Otero

    (Université de Poitiers)

  • Pablo Pelaez Campomanes

    (Museo de Ciencias Naturales)

  • Marcia Ponce De Leon

    (Universität Zürich-Irchel)

  • Jean-Claude Rage

    (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle et CNRS UMR 8569)

  • Michel Sapanet

    (Université de Poitiers)

  • Mathieu Schuster

    (CNRS UMR 7517, Université Louis Pasteur)

  • Jean Sudre

    (CNRS UMR 5554, Université de Montpellier II)

  • Pascal Tassy

    (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle et CNRS UMR 8569)

  • Xavier Valentin

    (Université de Poitiers)

  • Patrick Vignaud

    (Université de Poitiers)

  • Laurent Viriot

    (Université de Poitiers)

  • Antoine Zazzo

    (et Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

  • Christoph Zollikofer

    (Universität Zürich-Irchel)

Abstract

The search for the earliest fossil evidence of the human lineage has been concentrated in East Africa. Here we report the discovery of six hominid specimens from Chad, central Africa, 2,500 km from the East African Rift Valley. The fossils include a nearly complete cranium and fragmentary lower jaws. The associated fauna suggest the fossils are between 6 and 7 million years old. The fossils display a unique mosaic of primitive and derived characters, and constitute a new genus and species of hominid. The distance from the Rift Valley, and the great antiquity of the fossils, suggest that the earliest members of the hominid clade were more widely distributed than has been thought, and that the divergence between the human and chimpanzee lineages was earlier than indicated by most molecular studies.

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  • Michel Brunet & Franck Guy & David Pilbeam & Hassane Taisso Mackaye & Andossa Likius & Djimdoumalbaye Ahounta & Alain Beauvilain & Cécile Blondel & Hervé Bocherens & Jean-Renaud Boisserie & Louis De B, 2002. "A new hominid from the Upper Miocene of Chad, Central Africa," Nature, Nature, vol. 418(6894), pages 145-151, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:418:y:2002:i:6894:d:10.1038_nature00879
    DOI: 10.1038/nature00879
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