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The mammal assemblage of the hominid site TM266 (Late Miocene, Chad Basin): ecological structure and paleoenvironmental implications.
Die Naturwissenschaften - 1 May 2009
Le Fur Soizic, Fara Emmanuel, Mackaye Hassane Taïsso, Vignaud Patrick, Brunet Michel
Abstract excerpt
Characterizing the paleoenvironmental context of the first hominids is a key issue for understanding their behavioral and morphological evolution. The present study aims at reconstructing the paleoenvironment of the TM266 vertebrate assemblage (Toros-Menalla, Northern Chad) that yielded the earliest known hominid Sahelanthropus tchadensis (7 Ma). For the first time, a quantitative analysis is carried out on the...
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