Australopithecus sediba at 1.977 Ma and implications for the origins of the genus Homo.
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Pickering, R; Dirks, PHGM; Jinnah, Z; de Ruiter, DJ; Churchil, SE; Herries, AIR; Woodhead, JD; Hellstrom, JC; Berger, LR
Published in: Science (New York, N.Y.)
September 2011
Newly exposed cave sediments at the Malapa site include a flowstone layer capping the sedimentary unit containing the Australopithecus sediba fossils. Uranium-lead dating of the flowstone, combined with paleomagnetic and stratigraphic analysis of the flowstone and underlying sediments, provides a tightly constrained date of 1.977 ± 0.002 million years ago (Ma) for these fossils. This refined dating suggests that Au. sediba from Malapa predates the earliest uncontested evidence for Homo in Africa.
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Science (New York, N.Y.)
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1095-9203
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0036-8075
Publication Date
September 2011
Volume
333
Issue
6048
Start / End Page
1421 / 1423
Related Subject Headings
- Uranium
- Time
- South Africa
- Radiometric Dating
- Magnetics
- Hominidae
- Geology
- Geologic Sediments
- General Science & Technology
- Fossils
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Pickering, R., Dirks, P. H. G. M., Jinnah, Z., de Ruiter, D. J., Churchil, S. E., Herries, A. I. R., … Berger, L. R. (2011). Australopithecus sediba at 1.977 Ma and implications for the origins of the genus Homo. Science (New York, N.Y.), 333(6048), 1421–1423. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1203697
Pickering, Robyn, Paul H. G. M. Dirks, Zubair Jinnah, Darryl J. de Ruiter, Steven E. Churchil, Andy I. R. Herries, Jon D. Woodhead, John C. Hellstrom, and Lee R. Berger. “Australopithecus sediba at 1.977 Ma and implications for the origins of the genus Homo.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 333, no. 6048 (September 2011): 1421–23. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1203697.
Pickering R, Dirks PHGM, Jinnah Z, de Ruiter DJ, Churchil SE, Herries AIR, et al. Australopithecus sediba at 1.977 Ma and implications for the origins of the genus Homo. Science (New York, NY). 2011 Sep;333(6048):1421–3.
Pickering, Robyn, et al. “Australopithecus sediba at 1.977 Ma and implications for the origins of the genus Homo.” Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 333, no. 6048, Sept. 2011, pp. 1421–23. Epmc, doi:10.1126/science.1203697.
Pickering R, Dirks PHGM, Jinnah Z, de Ruiter DJ, Churchil SE, Herries AIR, Woodhead JD, Hellstrom JC, Berger LR. Australopithecus sediba at 1.977 Ma and implications for the origins of the genus Homo. Science (New York, NY). 2011 Sep;333(6048):1421–1423.
Published In
Science (New York, N.Y.)
DOI
EISSN
1095-9203
ISSN
0036-8075
Publication Date
September 2011
Volume
333
Issue
6048
Start / End Page
1421 / 1423
Related Subject Headings
- Uranium
- Time
- South Africa
- Radiometric Dating
- Magnetics
- Hominidae
- Geology
- Geologic Sediments
- General Science & Technology
- Fossils