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Other authors / contributors: | Haile-Selassie, Yohannes, 1961-
WoldeGabriel, Giday.
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ISBN: | 9780520942509 0520942507
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 597-629) and index. Print version record.
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Summary: | The second volume in a series dedicated to fossil discoveries made in the Afar region of Ethiopia, this work contains the definitive description of the geological context and paleoenvironment of the early hominid Ardipithecus kadabba. This research by an international team describes Middle Awash late Miocene faunal assemblages recovered from sediments firmly dated to between 5.2 and 5.8 million years ago. Compared to other assemblages of similar age, the Middle Awash record is unparalleled in taxonomic diversity, composed of 2,760 specimens representing at least sixty five mammalian genera. Th.
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Other form: | Print version: Ardipithecus kadabba. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2009 9780520254404
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