Ecological implications of the relative rarity of fossil hominins at Laetoli

Agriculture & Biology

• fossils 86%
• woodlands 82%
• Pan troglodytes 61%
• population density 49%
• habitats 48%
• volcanic ash 44%
• nutritional behavior 43%
• ephemeral streams 43%
• carnivores 30%
• shrublands 29%
• body water 28%
• sediments 25%
• ruminants 25%
• grasslands 24%
• fauna 23%
• foraging 21%
• ecology 20%
• mammals 20%
• biomass 17%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• relative abundance 76%
• fossil 61%
• population density 51%
• habitat 51%
• ephemeral pool 41%
• ephemeral stream 38%
• foraging behavior 35%
• ruminant 35%
• shrubland 31%
• volcanic ash 30%
• carnivore 30%
• mosaic 26%
• mammal 24%
• grassland 22%
• ecology 21%
• fauna 21%
• biomass 16%
• sediment 13%
• water 8%

Social Sciences

• habitat 92%
• population density 65%
• bodies of water 44%
• ecology 25%