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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Semaw S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7056306 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Science advances 20200306 10
Although stone tools generally co-occur with early members of the genus <i>Homo</i>, they are rarely found in direct association with hominins. We report that both Acheulian and Oldowan artifacts and <i>Homo erectus</i> crania were found in close association at 1.26 million years (Ma) ago at Busidima North (BSN12), and ca. 1.6 to 1.5 Ma ago at Dana Aoule North (DAN5) archaeological sites at Gona, Afar, Ethiopia. The BSN12 partial cranium is robust and large, while the DAN5 cranium is smaller and ...[more]