AUSTRALOPITHECUS RAMIDUS, A NEW SPECIES OF EARLY HOMINID FROM ARAMIS,ETHIOPIA

Authors
WHITE TD SUWA G ASFAW B
Citation
Td. White et al., AUSTRALOPITHECUS RAMIDUS, A NEW SPECIES OF EARLY HOMINID FROM ARAMIS,ETHIOPIA, Nature, 371(6495), 1994, pp. 306-312
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Nature → ACNP
ISSN journal
00280836
Volume
371
Issue
6495
Year of publication
1994
Pages
306 - 312
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-0836(1994)371:6495<306:ARANSO>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Seventeen hominoid fossils recovered from Pliocene strata at Aramis, M iddle Awash, Ethiopia make up a series comprising dental, cranial and postcranial specimens dated to around 4.4 million years ago. When comp ared with Australopithecus afarensis and with modern and fossil apes t he Aramis fossil hominids are recognized as a new species of Australop ithecus-A. ramidus sp. nov. The antiquity and primitive morphology of A. ramidus suggests that it represents a long-sought potential root sp ecies for the Hominidae.