The Pleistocene Fauna (Other han Primates) from Asbole, Lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia, and Its Environmental and Biochronological Implications

Authors

Denis Geraads, UPR 2147 CNRS
Zeresenay Alemseged, Arizona State University
Denné Reed, SUNY Stony Brook
Jonathan G. Wynn, University of St. AndrewsFollow
Diana Roman, University of Oregon

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2004

Keywords

Mammalian fauna, Pleistocene, Ethiopia, Environment

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2003.05.011

Abstract

The Asbole area in the Lower Awash Valley yielded a diverse fauna of large and small mammals, associated with an Acheulean industry. The most notable forms are a potentially new species of herpestid, a large collection of Kolpochoerus majus, and the earliest known Bos in Africa. Biochronologically, this fauna belongs to the earliest Middle Pleistocene, and is roughly contemporaneous with the Bodo site further south. Paleoenvironmentally, the fauna suggests a mosaic of landscapes among which humid environments, grasslands and forests, are predominant.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Geobios, v. 37, issue 6, p. 697-718

Scholar Commons Citation

Geraads, Denis; Alemseged, Zeresenay; Reed, Denné; Wynn, Jonathan G.; and Roman, Diana, "The Pleistocene Fauna (Other han Primates) from Asbole, Lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia, and Its Environmental and Biochronological Implications" (2004). School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications. 235.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geo_facpub/235