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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
A new species of bull from the Early Pleistocene paleoanthropological site of Buia (Eritrea): Parallelism on the dispersal of the genus Bos and the Acheulian culture
Quaternary International, Volume 212, No. 2, Year 2010
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The origin of the genus Bos is a debated issue. It has traditionally been linked with that of the genera Leptobos and Bison, two Eurasian forms. The oldest record of Bos, B. primigenius, in Eurasia is at Venosa-Notarchirico, Italy (∼0.5 to 0.6 Ma). However, the oldest published evidence of modern Bos is a skull fragment from Asbole, Lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia (∼0.6 to 0.8 Ma). This paper describes a new species, Bos buiaensis, from Buia, Eritrea (1.0 Ma). B. buiaensis shows a combination of primitive characters of the African Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene form Pelorovis sensu stricto and derived characters of B. primigenius. This new finding demonstrates that Bos has been part of the human ecological landscape since the beginning of the genus Homo in the African Late Pliocene. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA.
Authors & Co-Authors
Martínez-Navarro, Bienvenido
Spain, Tarragona
Instituto Catalán de Paleoecología Humana y Evolución Social
Rook, Lorenzo
Italy, Florence
Università Degli Studi Di Firenze
Papini, Mauro
Italy, Florence
Università Degli Studi Di Firenze
Libsekal, Yosief
Eritrea, Asmara
National Museum of Eritrea
Statistics
Citations: 36
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.quaint.2009.09.003
ISSN:
10406182
Study Locations
Eritrea
Ethiopia