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COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE II FASCICULE A-SCIENCES DE LA TERRE ET DES PLANETES
Volume 332, Issue 2, Pages 137-144Publisher
EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(01)01529-4
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Hominoidea; Hominidae; Tugen Hills; Upper Miocene; Kenya
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Remains of an early hominid have been recovered from four localities in the Lukeino Formation, Tugen Hills, Kenya, in sediments aged ca 6 Ma. 13 fossils are known, belonging to at least five individuals. The femora indicate that the Lukeino hominid was a biped when on the ground, whilst its humerus and manual phalanx show that it possessed some arboreal adaptations, The upper central incisor is large and robust, the upper canine is large for a hominid and retains a nan-ow and shallow anterior groove, the lower fourth premolar is ape-like, with offset roots and oblique crown, and the molars are relatively small, with thick enamel, A new genus and species is erected for the remains. (C) 2001 Academie des sciences / Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.
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