New hominin genus from eastern Africa shows diverse middle Pliocene lineages

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Research is presented concerning the discovery of an early hominin genus named Kenyanthropus platyops. The number and type of hominin species existing between 3.5- and 3-million-years-ago is discussed.

Cover Story, Demographic aspects, Human beings, Humans, Origin

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New four-million-year-old hominid species from Kanapoi and Allia Bay, Kenya

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Dental, cranial and postcranial samples recovered from the sediments of Kanapoi and Allia Bay in Kenya have proved the existence of a hominid species between 3.9 million and 4.2 million years ago. Nine specimens from Kanapoi and 12 from Allia Bay have been unearthed including a tibia that indicates that the hominids were bipedal. These fossils are being categorized as the Australopithecus species. The features of the prehistoric man resemble the Australopithecus afarensis, making it a possible ancestor, with Ardipithecus ramidus as a sister species.

Discovery and exploration, Identification and classification, Fossils, Taxonomy (Biology), Kenya

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New specimens and confirmation of an early age for Australopithecus anamensis

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All hominids at Kanapoi, Kenya, seem to come from floodplain palaeosols or deltaic sandstones. Many of them have damage caused by mammalian carnivores. It has been possible to recover hominids in situ from these palaeosols. This research has confirmed the primitive status of Australopithecus anamensis, the earliest species of Australopithecus. This species has been found to be significantly more primitive than Australopithecus afarensis.

Research, Australopithecus anamensis

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