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ArticleNature communications2021

New hominin remains and revised context from the earliest Homo erectus locality in East Turkana, Kenya.

Ashley S Hammond, Silindokuhle S Mavuso, Maryse Biernat, David R Braun, Zubair Jinnah, Sharon Kuo, Sahleselasie Melaku, Sylvia N Wemanya, Emmanuel K Ndiema, David B Patterson and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Ashley S HammondDivision of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA. ahammond@amnh.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8444-0553
Silindokuhle S MavusoSchool of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Maryse BiernatSchool of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
David R BraunDepartment of Anthropology and Center for Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Zubair JinnahSchool of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1317-7361
Sharon KuoDepartment of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9589-856X
Sahleselasie MelakuAuthority for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage (ARCCH), National Museum of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Sylvia N WemanyaArchaeology Section, Department of Earth Sciences, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.
Emmanuel K NdiemaArchaeology Section, Department of Earth Sciences, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.
David B PattersonDepartment of Biology, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, GA, USA.
Kevin T UnoDivision of Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6882-0900
Dan V PalcuPaleomagnetic Laboratory 'Fort Hoofddijk', Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0714-116X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The KNM-ER 2598 occipital is among the oldest fossils attributed to Homo erectus but questions have been raised about whether it may derive from a younger horizon. Here we report on efforts to relocate the KNM-ER 2598 locality and investigate its paleontological and geological context. Although located in a different East Turkana collection area (Area 13) than initially reported, the locality is stratigraphically positioned below the KBS Tuff and the outcrops show no evidence of deflation of a younger unit, supporting an age of >1.855 Ma. Newly recovered faunal material consists primarily of C

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