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New geological and palaeontological age constraint for the gorilla–human lineage split

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  • Shigehiro Katoh

    (Hyogo Museum of Nature and Human Activities)

  • Yonas Beyene

    (Association for Conservation of Culture Awassa
    Centre français des études éthiopiennes (CFEE), USR CNRS 3137, French Ministry for Foreign Affairs)

  • Tetsumaru Itaya

    (Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Okayama University of Science)

  • Hironobu Hyodo

    (Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Okayama University of Science)

  • Masayuki Hyodo

    (Research Center for Inland Seas, Kobe University)

  • Koshi Yagi

    (Hiruzen Institute for Geology and Chronology)

  • Chitaro Gouzu

    (Hiruzen Institute for Geology and Chronology)

  • Giday WoldeGabriel

    (EES-14/MS D462, Los Alamos National Laboratory)

  • William K. Hart

    (Miami University)

  • Stanley H. Ambrose

    (University of Illinois)

  • Hideo Nakaya

    (Kagoshima University)

  • Raymond L. Bernor

    (Howard University)

  • Jean-Renaud Boisserie

    (Centre français des études éthiopiennes (CFEE), USR CNRS 3137, French Ministry for Foreign Affairs
    Institut de Paléoprimatologie, Paléontologie Humaine : Évolution et Paléoenvironnements (IPHEP), UMR CNRS 7262, Université de Poitiers)

  • Faysal Bibi

    (Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science)

  • Haruo Saegusa

    (Institute of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Hyogo)

  • Tomohiko Sasaki

    (The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)

  • Katsuhiro Sano

    (The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)

  • Berhane Asfaw

    (Rift Valley Research Service)

  • Gen Suwa

    (The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)

Abstract

A substantial revision to the age of the Chorora Formation, Ethiopia, constraining the deposits to around 8 million years old and forming a revised age constraint for the human–gorilla lineage split.

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  • Shigehiro Katoh & Yonas Beyene & Tetsumaru Itaya & Hironobu Hyodo & Masayuki Hyodo & Koshi Yagi & Chitaro Gouzu & Giday WoldeGabriel & William K. Hart & Stanley H. Ambrose & Hideo Nakaya & Raymond L. , 2016. "New geological and palaeontological age constraint for the gorilla–human lineage split," Nature, Nature, vol. 530(7589), pages 215-218, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:530:y:2016:i:7589:d:10.1038_nature16510
    DOI: 10.1038/nature16510
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