Introduction to special issue Kanapoi: Paleobiology of a Pliocene site in Kenya

This paper introduces this Special Issue of the Journal of Human Evolution entitled “Kanapoi: Paleobiology of a Pliocene site in Kenya.” Kanapoi, West Turkana, Kenya, is part of the Omo-Turkana Basin and is the type site of the earliest known genus of Australopithecus, A. anamensis. Kanapoi preserve...

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Published in:Journal of human evolution 2020-03, Vol.140, p.102718-102718, Article 102718
Main Authors: Manthi, Fredrick K., Plavcan, J. Michael, Ward, Carol V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biological Evolution
Biota
Environment
Fossils
History
Hominidae - physiology
Hominin
Kenya
Mammals - anatomy & histology
Mammals - classification
Mammals - physiology
Paleoecology
Paleoenvironment
Paleontology
West Turkana
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Summary:This paper introduces this Special Issue of the Journal of Human Evolution entitled “Kanapoi: Paleobiology of a Pliocene site in Kenya.” Kanapoi, West Turkana, Kenya, is part of the Omo-Turkana Basin and is the type site of the earliest known genus of Australopithecus, A. anamensis. Kanapoi preserves among the earliest earliest evidence of Australopithecus in deposits dated between 4.195 to 4.108 million years old. Explored by several teams since the 1960s, the Kanapoi sediments have yielded a rich and abundant fauna, providing important information about the paleoenvironments and the context surrounding the earliest evolution of the genus Australopithecus, as well as about the evolution and biogeography of African Pliocene vertebrate faunas.
ISSN:0047-2484
1095-8606
DOI:10.1016/j.jhevol.2019.102718