The earliest Acheulean from Konso-Gardula

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 31 Dec 1992 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 360, pages 732-735 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: B, Asfaw; Y, Beyene; G, Suwa; R C, Walter; T D, White; G, WoldeGabriel; T, Yemane;

doi: 10.1038/360732a0

pmid: 1465142

The earliest Acheulean from Konso-Gardula

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Konso-Gardula is a palaeoanthropological area discovered by the 1991 Palaeoanthropological Inventory of Ethiopia in the southern Main Ethiopian Rift. The Konso-Gardula sediments span the period about 1.3-1.9 million years ago. They contain rich Acheulean archaeological occurrences. Vertebrate fossils include early Homo.

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Keywords

Paleodontology, Fossils, Animals, Humans, Paleontology, Hominidae, Ethiopia, Mandible, History, Ancient

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