Oldest evidence of toolmaking hominins in a grassland-dominated ecosystem

<p><strong>Background</strong> Major biological and cultural innovations in late Pliocene hominin evolution are frequently linked to the spread or fluctuating presence of C4 grass in African ecosystems. Whereas the deep sea record of global climatic change provides indirect evidenc...

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Main Authors: Plummer, TW, Ditchfield, PW, Bishop, LC, Kingston, JD, Ferraro, JV, Braun, DR, Hertel, F, Potts, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2009
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