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Early Homo erectus lived at high altitudes and produced both Oldowan and Acheulean tools by Margherita Mussi; Matthew M. Skinner; Rita T. Melis; Joaquín Panera; Susana Rubio-Jara; Thomas W. Davies; Denis Geraads; Hervé Bocherens; Giuseppe Briatico; Adeline Le Cabec; Jean-Jacques Hublin; Agness Gidna; Raymonde Bonnefille; Luca Di Bianco; Eduardo Méndez-Quintas is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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In Africa, the scarcity of hominin remains found in direct association with stone tools has hindered attempts to link __Homo habilis__ and __Homo erectus__ with particular lithic industries. The infant mandible discovered in level E at Garba IV (Melka Kunture) on the highlands of Ethiopia is critical to this issue because of its direct association with an Oldowan lithic industry. Here, we used synchrotron imaging to examine the internal morphology of the unerupted permanent dentition and confirmed its identification as __H. erectus__ . Additionally, we used revised paleomagnetic ages to show that (i) the mandible in level E is ~2 million years old and represents one of the earliest __H. erectus__ fossils and that (ii) overlying level D, ~1.95 million years old, contains the earliest known Acheulean assemblage.

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Author

Margherita Mussi; Matthew M. Skinner; Rita T. Melis; Joaquín Panera; Susana Rubio-Jara; Thomas W. Davies; Denis Geraads; Hervé Bocherens; Giuseppe Briatico; Adeline Le Cabec; Jean-Jacques Hublin; Agness Gidna; Raymonde Bonnefille; Luca Di Bianco; Eduardo Méndez-Quintas

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Published

2023

Field

Medicine (Social Sciences)