Search Results - "Leakey, Louise N."

Dietary changes of large herbivores in the Turkana Basin, Kenya from 4 to 1 Ma by Cerling, Thure E., Andanje, Samuel A., Blumenthal, Scott A., Brown, Francis H., Chritz, Kendra L., Harris, John M., Hart, John A., Kirera, Francis M., Kaleme, Prince, Leakey, Louise N., Leakey, Meave G., Levin, Naomi E., Manthi, Fredrick Kyalo, Passey, Benjamin H., Uno, Kevin T.

“…A large stable isotope dataset from East and Central Africa from ca. 30 regional collection sites that range from forest to grassland shows that most extant…”
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New fossils from Koobi Fora in northern Kenya confirm taxonomic diversity in early Homo by Leakey, Meave G., Spoor, Fred, Dean, M. Christopher, Feibel, Craig S., Antón, Susan C., Kiarie, Christopher, Leakey, Louise N.

“…Three newly discovered hominin fossils—a well-preserved face of a late juvenile, a nearly complete mandible and a mandibular fragment—aged between 1.78 and…”
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Stable isotope-based diet reconstructions of Turkana Basin hominins by Cerling, Thure E., Manthi, Fredrick Kyalo, Mbua, Emma N., Leakey, Louise N., Leakey, Meave G., Leakey, Richard E., Brown, Francis H., Grine, Frederick E., Hart, John A., Kaleme, Prince, Roche, Hélène, Uno, Kevin T., Wood, Bernard A.

“…Hominin fossil evidence in the Turkana Basin in Kenya from ca. 4.1 to 1.4 Ma samples two archaic early hominin genera and records some of the early…”
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New hominin genus from eastern Africa shows diverse middle Pliocene lineages by Kiarie, Christopher, Spoor, Fred, Leakey, Meave G, Brown, Frank H, Leakey, Louise N, McDougall, Ian, Gathogo, Patrick N

“…Most interpretations of early hominin phylogeny recognize a single early to middle Pliocene ancestral lineage, best represented by Australopithecus afarensis,…”
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A 4.3-million-year-old Australopithecus anamensis mandible from Ileret, East Turkana, Kenya, and its paleoenvironmental context by Lewis, Jason E., Ward, Carol V., Kimbel, William H., Kidney, Casey L., Brown, Frank H., Quinn, Rhonda L., Rowan, John, Lazagabaster, Ignacio A., Sanders, William J., Leakey, Meave G., Leakey, Louise N.

“…A hominin mandible, KNM-ER 63000, and associated vertebrate remains were recovered in 2011 from Area 40 in East Turkana, Kenya. Tephrostratigraphic and…”
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Hominin dental remains from the Pliocene localities at Lomekwi, Kenya (1982–2009) by Skinner, Matthew M., Leakey, Meave G., Leakey, Louise N., Manthi, Fredrick K., Spoor, Fred

“…Increasing evidence for both taxonomic diversity and early stone manufacture during the Pliocene highlights the importance of the hominin fossil record from…”
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40Ar/39Ar eruption ages of Turkana Basin tuffs: millennial-scale resolution constrains palaeoclimate proxy tuning models and hominin fossil ages by Phillips, David, Matchan, Erin L., Gleadow, Andy J., H. Brown, Frank, A. McDougall, Ian, Cerling, Thure E., G. Leakey, Meave, Hergt, Janet M., Leakey, Louise N.

“…The Turkana Basin in NW Kenya and SW Ethiopia hosts remarkable fossil-rich sediments that are central to our understanding of early hominin evolution, with…”
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Kamoya Kimeu by Leakey, Louise N., Foley, Robert A.

“…Expert field palaeontologist who made many key discoveries about early human evolution in East Africa…”
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Intra-tooth stable isotope analysis reveals seasonal dietary variability and niche partitioning among bushpigs/red river hogs and warthogs by Yang, Deming, Uno, Kevin T, Cerling, Thure E, Mwebi, Ogeto, Leakey, Louise N, Grine, Frederick E, Souron, Antoine

“…How animals respond to seasonal resource availability has profound implications for their dietary flexibility and realized ecological niches. We sought to…”
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Associated ilium and femur from Koobi Fora, Kenya, and postcranial diversity in early Homo by Ward, Carol V., Feibel, Craig S., Hammond, Ashley S., Leakey, Louise N., Moffett, Elizabeth A., Plavcan, J. Michael, Skinner, Matthew M., Spoor, Fred, Leakey, Meave G.

“…During the evolution of hominins, it is generally accepted that there was a shift in postcranial morphology between Australopithecus and the genus Homo. Given…”
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Complete permanent mandibular dentition of early Homo from the upper Burgi Member of the Koobi Fora Formation, Ileret, Kenya by Grine, Frederick E., Leakey, Meave G., Gathago, Patrick N., Brown, Frank H., Mongle, Carrie S., Yang, Deming, Jungers, William L., Leakey, Louise N.

“…The KNM-ER 64060 dentition derives from a horizon that most likely dates to between 2.02 and 2.03 Ma. A proximate series of postcranial bones (designated…”
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Hominin diversity in the Middle Pliocene of eastern Africa: the maxilla of KNM-WT 40000 by Spoor, Fred, Leakey, Meave G., Leakey, Louise N.

“…The 3.5-Myr-old hominin cranium KNM-WT 40000 from Lomekwi, west of Lake Turkana, has been assigned to a new hominin genus and species, Kenyanthropus platyops,…”
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The taxonomic status of KNM-ER 42700: A reply to Baab (2008a) by Spoor, Fred, Leakey, Meave G., Antón, Susan C., Leakey, Louise N.

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Stable isotope analysis of carnivores from the Turkana Basin, Kenya: Evidence for temporally-mixed fossil assemblages by Hopley, Philip J., Cerling, Thure E., Crété, Lucile, Werdelin, Lars, Mwebi, Ogeto, Manthi, Fredrick K., Leakey, Louise N.

“…Stable isotope palaeoecology of fossil mammals is a key research tool for understanding the environmental context of hominin evolution in the Plio-Pleistocene…”
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Nondestructive geochemical characterization of fossil hominin taphonomy and burial history by Present, Theodore M., Niespolo, Elizabeth M., Clarke, Catherine E., Behrensmeyer, Anna K., Leakey, Louise N., Leakey, Meave G., Mongle, Carrie, Du Plessis, Anton, Northrup, Paul, Tappero, Ryan V., Yang, Deming, Rasbury, E. Troy, Grine, Fredrick E.

“…To date, only three Homo habilis specimens have been discovered that have associated craniodental and postcranial elements, providing a limited fossil record…”
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40 Ar/ 39 Ar eruption ages of Turkana Basin tuffs: millennial-scale resolution constrains palaeoclimate proxy tuning models and hominin fossil ages by Phillips, David, Matchan, Erin L., Gleadow, Andy J., H. Brown, Frank, A. McDougall, Ian, Cerling, Thure E., G. Leakey, Meave, Hergt, Janet M., Leakey, Louise N.

“…The Turkana Basin in NW Kenya and SW Ethiopia hosts remarkable fossil-rich sediments that are central to our understanding of early hominin evolution, with…”
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Nondestructive geochemical characterization of fossil hominin taphonomy and burial history by Present, Theodore M., Niespolo, Elizabeth M., Clarke, Catherine E., Behrensmeyer, Anna K., Leakey, Louise N., Leakey, Meave G., Mongle, Carrie, Du Plessis, Anton, Northrup, Paul, Tappero, Ryan V., Yang, Deming, Rasbury, E. Troy, Grine, Fredrick E.

“…To date, only three Homo habilis specimens have been discovered that have associated craniodental and postcranial elements, providing a limited fossil record…”
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Stable isotope-based diet reconstructions of Turkana Basin hominins by Cerling, Thure E, Manthi, Fredrick Kyalo, Mbua, Emma N, Leakey, Louise N, Leakey, Meave G, Leakey, Richard E, Brown, Francis H, Grine, Frederick E, Hart, John A, Kaleme, Prince, Roche, Hélène, Uno, Kevin T, Wood, Bernard A

“…Hominin fossil evidence in the Turkana Basin in Kenya from ca . 4.1 to 1.4 Ma samples two archaic early hominin genera and records some of the early…”
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Correlation of cranial and mandibular prognathism in extant and fossil hominids : aspects of homonid evolution by Leakey, Meave G., Leakey, Louise N., Spoor, Fred

“…This pilot study investigates the correlation between mandibular symphysial orientation and both craniofacial and subnasal prognathism in modern humans,…”
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Correlation of cranial and mandibular prognathism in extant and fossil hominids by Spoor, Fred, Leakey, Meave G., Leakey, Louise N.

“…This pilot study investigates the correlation between mandibular symphysial orientation and both craniofacial and subnasal prognathism in modern humans,…”
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