Science News Online (4/24/99): References for "African fossils flesh out humanity's past"

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Volume 155, Number 17 (April 24, 1999)

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African fossils flesh out humanity's past

Fossils from a new species in the human evolutionary family date to 2.5 million years ago, and animal bones found near them show evidence of the earliest known butchery.

References:

Asfaw, B., T. White, et al. 1999. Australopithecus garhi: A new species of early hominid from Ethiopia. Science 284(April 23):629.

De Heinzelin, J. . . . T. White, et al. 1999. Environment and behavior of 2.5-million-year-old Bouri hominids. Science 284(April 23):625.

Further Readings:

Bower, B. 1995. Ethiopian finds and feuds. Science News 147(April 15):237.

Sources:

Berhane Asfaw
Rift Valley Research Service
P.O. Box 5717
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia

Tim D. White
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Integrative Biology
Berkeley, CA 94720