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New fossils from Koobi Fora in northern Kenya confirm taxonomic diversity in early Homo

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  • Meave G. Leakey

    (Turkana Basin Institute, PO Box 24926, Nairobi 00502, Kenya
    Stony Brook University)

  • Fred Spoor

    (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
    University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK)

  • M. Christopher Dean

    (University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK)

  • Craig S. Feibel

    (Rutgers University)

  • Susan C. Antón

    (New York University)

  • Christopher Kiarie

    (Turkana Basin Institute, PO Box 24926, Nairobi 00502, Kenya)

  • Louise N. Leakey

    (Turkana Basin Institute, PO Box 24926, Nairobi 00502, Kenya
    Stony Brook University)

Abstract

Three newly discovered hominin fossils—a well-preserved face of a late juvenile, a nearly complete mandible and a mandibular fragment—aged between 1.78 and 1.95 million years old, confirm the presence of two contemporary species of early Homo, in addition to H. erectus, in the early Pleistocene of eastern Africa.

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  • Meave G. Leakey & Fred Spoor & M. Christopher Dean & Craig S. Feibel & Susan C. Antón & Christopher Kiarie & Louise N. Leakey, 2012. "New fossils from Koobi Fora in northern Kenya confirm taxonomic diversity in early Homo," Nature, Nature, vol. 488(7410), pages 201-204, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:488:y:2012:i:7410:d:10.1038_nature11322
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11322
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    1. Sabrina C. Curran & Virgil Drăgușin & Briana Pobiner & Michael Pante & John Hellstrom & Jon Woodhead & Roman Croitor & Adrian Doboș & Samantha E. Gogol & Vasile Ersek & Trevor L. Keevil & Alexandru Pe, 2025. "Hominin presence in Eurasia by at least 1.95 million years ago," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 16(1), pages 1-11, December.

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