Late Pliocene homo and hominid land use from western Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Robert J. Blumenschine; Charles R. Peters; Fidelis T. Masao; Ronald J. Clarke; Alan L. Deino; Richard L. Hay; Carl C. Swisher; Ian G. Stanistreet; Gail M. Ashley; Lindsay J. McHenry; Nancy E. Sikes; Nikolaas J. Van der Merwe; Joanne C. Tactikos; Amy E. Cushing; Daniel M. Deocampo; Jackson K. Njau; James I. Ebert

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Late Pliocene homo and hominid land use from western Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Robert J. Blumenschine, Charles R. Peters, Fidelis T. Masao, Ronald J. Clarke, Alan L. Deino, Richard L. Hay, Carl C. Swisher, Ian G. Stanistreet, Gail M. Ashley, Lindsay J. McHenry, Nancy E. Sikes, Nikolaas J. Van der Merwe, Joanne C. Tactikos, Amy E. Cushing, Daniel M. Deocampo, Jackson K. Njau, James I. Ebert

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Excavation in the previously little-explored western portion of Olduvai Gorge indicates that hominid land use of the eastern paleobasin extended at least episodically to the west. Finds included a dentally complete Homo maxilla (OH 65) with lower face, Oldowan stone artifacts, and butchery-marked bones dated to be between 1.84 and 1.79 million years old. The hominid shows strong affinities to the KNM ER 1470 cranium from Kenya (Homo rudolfensis), a morphotype previously unrecognized at Olduvai. ER 1470 and OH 65 can be accommodated in the H. habilis holotype, casting doubt on H. rudolfensis as a biologically valid taxon.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1217-1221
Number of pages	5
Journal	Science
Volume	299
Issue number	5610
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1075374
State	Published - Feb 21 2003

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Blumenschine, R. J., Peters, C. R., Masao, F. T., Clarke, R. J., Deino, A. L., Hay, R. L., Swisher, C. C., Stanistreet, I. G., Ashley, G. M., McHenry, L. J., Sikes, N. E., Van der Merwe, N. J., Tactikos, J. C., Cushing, A. E., Deocampo, D. M., Njau, J. K., & Ebert, J. I. (2003). Late Pliocene homo and hominid land use from western Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Science, 299(5610), 1217-1221. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1075374

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