Abstract The Upper Laetolil Beds of Laetoli, Tanzania (∼ 3.6–3.85 Ma) has yielded a large
and varied faunal assemblage, including specimens of Australopithecus afarensis. In …

Many important Pliocene hominin specimens have been recovered from Woranso-Mille, a
paleontological research area in the Afar region of Ethiopia, including the complete cranium …

In order to further refine early hominin paleoecology at Laetoli, over 500 specimens of fossil
enamel and ostrich eggshell fragments collected from the Laetolil Beds and the Upper …

Fundamentally rooted in Odum's niche concept, mammal community studies are based on
the understanding that each resident species reveals information about its environment …

The dietary guild structure of ungulate communities is a useful paleoecological tool for
understanding the context of hominin paleobiology and evolution. Ungulates are well …

Woranso-Mille is a paleoanthropological site in Ethiopia sampling an important and under-
represented time period in human evolution (3.8–3.6 million years ago). Specimens of cf …

Abstract Most Plio-Pleistocene sites in the Gregory Rift Valley that have yielded abundant
fossil hominins lie on the Rift Valley floor. Here we report a new Pliocene site, Kantis, on the …

A review of the stratigraphy and paleoenvironmental context of the main sedimentary units
that outcrop at Laetoli is presented here, with a primary focus on the Upper Laetolil Beds …

Vegetation change in eastern Africa during the Pliocene would have had an important
impact on hominin adaptation and ecology, and it may have been a key driver of hominin …

Abstract The Mount Galili Formation in the Afar region, Ethiopia, samples a critical time in
hominin evolution, 4.4 to 3.8 Ma, documenting the last appearance of Ardipithecus and the …