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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
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Australopithecus ramidus, a new species of early hominid from Aramis, Ethiopia
Nature, Volume 371, No. 6495, Year 1994
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Description
Seventeen hominoid fossils recovered from Pliocene strata at Aramis, Middle Awash, Ethiopia make up a series comprising dental, cranial and postcranial specimens dated to around 4.4 million years ago. When compared with Australopithecus afarensis and with modern and fossil apes the Aramis fossil hominids are recognized as a new species of Australopithecus - A. ramidus sp. nov. The antiquity and primitive morphology of A. ramidus suggests that it represents a long-sought potential root species for the Hominidae. © 2002 Nature Publishing Group.
Authors & Co-Authors
White, Tim D.
United States, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Suwa, Gen
Japan, Tokyo
The University of Tokyo
Asfaw, Berhane
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Ethiopian Ministry of Culture and Sports Affairs
Statistics
Citations: 461
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1038/371306a0
ISSN:
00280836
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Locations
Ethiopia