Identification of a partial cranium of Australopithecus afarensis from the Koobi Fora Formation, Kenya

William Kimbel

doi:10.1016/0047-2484(88)90022-X

Identification of a partial cranium of Australopithecus afarensis from the Koobi Fora Formation, Kenya

William Kimbel

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Abstract

The parieto-occipital morphology of a partial hominid cranium (KNM-ER 2602) from the Pliocene Tulu Bor Member of the Koobi Fora Formation, Kenya, identifies this specimen as Australopithecus afarensis. At approximately 3·3 Myr (million years) old, this Kenyan hominid is contemporary with Hadar A. afarensis, and fills an important geographic gap between the Ethiopian and Tanzanian distributions of this species.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	647-656
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of human evolution
Volume	17
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0047-2484(88)90022-X
State	Published - Nov 1988

Keywords

Australopithecus afarensis
Hominidae
Koobi Fora
cranium

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Anthropology

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