Oldest Homo and Pliocene biogeography of the Malawi Rift

Friedemann Schrenk; Timothy G. Bromage; Christian G. Betzler; Uwe Ring; Yusuf M. Juwayeyi

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Oldest Homo and Pliocene biogeography of the Malawi Rift

Friedemann Schrenk, Timothy G. Bromage, Christian G. Betzler, Uwe Ring, Yusuf M. Juwayeyi

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THE Malawi Rift and Pliocene palaeofaunas, which include a hominid mandible attributed to Homo rudolfensis, provide a biogeographical link between the better known Plio-Pleistocene faunal records of East and Southern Africa. The Malawi Rift is in a latitudinal position suitable for recording any hominid and faunal dispersion towards the Equator that was brought on by increased aridity of the Late Pliocene African landscape. The evidence suggests that Pliocene hominids originated in the eastern African tropical domain and dispersed to southern Africa only during more favourable ecological circumstances.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	833-836
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature
Volume	365
Issue number	6449
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/365833a0
State	Published - 1993

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