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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
First hominid from the Miocene (Lukeino formation, Kenya)
Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes, Volume 332, No. 2, Year 2001
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Remains of an early hominid have been recovered from four localities in the Lukeino Formation, Tugen Hills, Kenya, in sediments aged ca 6 Ma. 13 fossils are known, belonging to at least five individuals. The femora indicate that the Lukeino hominid was a biped when on the ground, whilst its humerus and manual phalanx show that it possessed some arboreal adaptations. The upper central incisor is large and robust, the upper canine is large for a hominid and retains a narrow and shallow anterior groove, the lower fourth premolar is ape-like, with offset roots and oblique crown, and the molars are relatively small, with thick enamel. A new genus and species is erected for the remains. © 2001 Académie des sciences/Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS.
Authors & Co-Authors
Sénut, Brigitte
France, Paris
Museum National D'histoire Naturelle
Pickford, Martin H.L.
France, Paris
Collège de France
Gommery, Dominique
France, Paris
Dynamique de L'évolution Humaine Cnrs Upr 2147
Mein, Pierre
France, Villeurbanne
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Cheboi, Kiptalam
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Institute of Mass Communication
Coppens, Yves
France, Paris
Collège de France
Statistics
Citations: 524
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S1251-8050(01)01529-4
Study Locations
Kenya