The earliest Acheulean from Konso-Gardula

B Asfaw; Y Beyene; G Suwa; R C Walter; T D White; G WoldeGabriel; T Yemane

doi:10.1038/360732a0

The earliest Acheulean from Konso-Gardula

Nature. 1992 Dec;360(6406):732-5. doi: 10.1038/360732a0.

Authors

B Asfaw¹, Y Beyene, G Suwa, R C Walter, T D White, G WoldeGabriel, T Yemane

Affiliation

¹ Palaeoanthropology Laboratory, Ministry of Culture, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

PMID: 1465142
DOI: 10.1038/360732a0

Abstract

Konso-Gardula is a palaeoanthropological area discovered by the 1991 Palaeoanthropological Inventory of Ethiopia in the southern Main Ethiopian Rift. The Konso-Gardula sediments span the period about 1.3-1.9 million years ago. They contain rich Acheulean archaeological occurrences. Vertebrate fossils include early Homo.

Publication types

Historical Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Ethiopia
Fossils
History, Ancient
Hominidae / anatomy & histology*
Humans
Mandible / anatomy & histology
Paleodontology
Paleontology*