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Isotopic evidence for an early shift to C₄ resources by Pliocene hominins in Chad by Lee-Thorp, Julia, Likius, Andossa, Mackaye, Hassane T, Vignaud, Patrick, Sponheimer, Matt, Brunet, Michel

“…Foods derived from C ₄ plants were important in the dietary ecology of early Pleistocene hominins in southern and eastern Africa, but the origins and…”
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New data about semicircular canal morphology and locomotion in modern hominoids by Le Maître, Anne, Schuetz, Philipp, Vignaud, Patrick, Brunet, Michel

“…The labyrinth has two functional parts: the cochlea for audition and the vestibular system for equilibrioception. In the latter, the semicircular ducts and the…”
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The Age of the Sahara Desert by Schuster, Mathieu, Duringer, Philippe, Ghienne, Jean-François, Vignaud, Patrick, Mackaye, Hassan Taisso, Likius, Andossa, Brunet, Michel

“…In the Sahara region, the age of onset of the desert condition has been uncertain until now. Here we report on the discovery of 7,000,000-year-old eolian dune…”
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Cosmogenic nuclide dating of Sahelanthropus tchadensis and Australopithecus bahrelghazali: Mio-Pliocene hominids from Chad by Lebatard, Anne-Elisabeth, Bourlès, Didier L, Duringer, Philippe, Jolivet, Marc, Braucher, Régis, Carcaillet, Julien, Schuster, Mathieu, Arnaud, Nicolas, Monié, Patrick, Lihoreau, Fabrice, Likius, Andossa, Mackaye, Hassan Taisso, Vignaud, Patrick, Brunet, Michel

“…Ages were determined at two hominid localities from the Chad Basin in the Djurab Desert (Northern Chad). In the Koro Toro fossiliferous area, KT 12 locality…”
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A new species of Nyanzachoerus (Cetartiodactyla: Suidae) from the late Miocene Toros-Ménalla, Chad, central Africa by Boisserie, Jean-Renaud, Souron, Antoine, Mackaye, Hassane Taïsso, Likius, Andossa, Vignaud, Patrick, Brunet, Michel

“…During the latest Miocene and the early Pliocene, tetraconodontine suids were the most predominant large omnivorous mammals in Africa. Yet, new species were…”
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A new hominid from the Upper Miocene of Chad, Central Africa by Brunet, Michel, Guy, Franck, Pilbeam, David, Mackaye, Hassane Taisso, Likius, Andossa, Ahounta, Djimdoumalbaye, Beauvilain, Alain, Blondel, Cécile, Bocherens, Hervé, Boisserie, Jean-Renaud, De Bonis, Louis, Coppens, Yves, Dejax, Jean, Denys, Christiane, Duringer, Philippe, Eisenmann, Véra, Fanone, Gongdibé, Fronty, Pierre, Geraads, Denis, Lehmann, Thomas, Lihoreau, Fabrice, Louchart, Antoine, Mahamat, Adoum, Merceron, Gildas, Mouchelin, Guy, Otero, Olga, Campomanes, Pablo Pelaez, De Leon, Marcia Ponce, Rage, Jean-Claude, Sapanet, Michel, Schuster, Mathieu, Sudre, Jean, Tassy, Pascal, Valentin, Xavier, Vignaud, Patrick, Viriot, Laurent, Zazzo, Antoine, Zollikofer, Christoph

“…The search for the earliest fossil evidence of the human lineage has been concentrated in East Africa. Here we report the discovery of six hominid specimens…”
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Virtual cranial reconstruction of Sahelanthropus tchadensis by Brunet, Michel, Zollikofer, Christoph P. E, Ponce de León, Marcia S, Lieberman, Daniel E, Guy, Franck, Pilbeam, David, Likius, Andossa, Mackaye, Hassane T, Vignaud, Patrick

“…Previous research in Chad at the Toros-Menalla 266 fossiliferous locality (about 7 million years old) uncovered a nearly complete cranium (TM 266-01-60-1),…”
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New material of the earliest hominid from the Upper Miocene of Chad by Brunet, Michel, Guy, Franck, Pilbeam, David, Lieberman, Daniel E, Likius, Andossa, Mackaye, Hassane T, Ponce de León, Marcia S, Zollikofer, Christoph P. E, Vignaud, Patrick

“…Discoveries in Chad by the Mission Paléoanthropologique Franco-Tchadienne have substantially changed our understanding of early human evolution in Africa. In…”
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Assessing endocranial variations in great apes and humans using 3D data from virtual endocasts by Bienvenu, Thibaut, Guy, Franck, Coudyzer, Walter, Gilissen, Emmanuel, Roualdès, Georges, Vignaud, Patrick, Brunet, Michel

“…Modern humans are characterized by their large, complex, and specialized brain. Human brain evolution can be addressed through direct evidence provided by…”
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Dental mesowear analysis of the late Miocene Bovidae from Toros-Menalla (Chad) and early hominid habitats in Central Africa by Blondel, Cécile, Merceron, Gildas, Andossa, Likius, Taisso, Mackaye Hassane, Vignaud, Patrick, Brunet, Michel

“…This study aimed to reconstruct the environmental conditions that prevailed in the Chadian palaeo-lake basin ca. 7 Ma ago based on the feeding preferences of…”
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Facial orientation and facial shape in extant great apes: a geometric morphometric analysis of covariation by Neaux, Dimitri, Guy, Franck, Gilissen, Emmanuel, Coudyzer, Walter, Vignaud, Patrick, Ducrocq, Stéphane

“…The organization of the bony face is complex, its morphology being influenced in part by the rest of the cranium. Characterizing the facial morphological…”
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Symphyseal shape variation in extant and fossil hominoids, and the symphysis of Australopithecus bahrelghazali by Guy, Franck, Mackaye, Hassane-Taïsso, Likius, Andossa, Vignaud, Patrick, Schmittbuhl, Matthieu, Brunet, Michel

“…The holotype of the species Australopithecus bahrelghazali is a mandibular fragment preserving left C–P 4 and right I 2–P 4. One of the key features of the A…”
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Anthracothere Dental Anatomy Reveals a Late Miocene Chado-Libyan Bioprovince by Lihoreau, Fabrice, Boisserie, Jean-Renaud, Viriot, Laurent, Coppens, Yves, Likius, Andossa, Mackaye, Hassane Taisso, Tafforeau, Paul, Vignaud, Patrick, Brunet, Michel

“…Recent discovery of an abundant and diverse late Miocene fauna at Toros-Ménalla (Chad, central Africa) by the Mission Paléoanthropologique Franco-Tchadienne…”
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Morphological Affinities of the Sahelanthropus tchadensis (Late Miocene Hominid from Chad) Cranium by Franck Guy, Lieberman, Daniel E., Pilbeam, David, de León, Marcia Ponce, Likius, Andossa, Hassane T. Mackaye, Vignaud, Patrick, Zollikofer, Christoph, Brunet, Michel

“…The recent reconstruction of the Sahelanthropus tchadensis cranium (TM 266-01-60-1) provides an opportunity to examine in detail differences in cranial shape…”
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Diets of modern and late Miocene hippopotamids: Evidence from carbon isotope composition and micro-wear of tooth enamel by Boisserie, Jean-Renaud, Zazzo, Antoine, Merceron, Gildas, Blondel, Cécile, Vignaud, Patrick, Likius, Andossa, Mackaye, Hassane Taïsso, Brunet, Michel

“…Carbon isotope composition and micro-wear analyses of tooth enamel were used to reconstruct the diet of late Miocene hippopotamids unearthed in the…”
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New hippotragini (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Toros-Menalla (Chad) by Geraads, Denis, Blondel, Cecile, Likius, Andossa, Mackaye, Hassane Taisso, Vignaud, Patrick, Brunet, Michel

“…Until now, the pre-Pleistocene record of the bovid tribe Hippotragini was rather poor. Two new taxa are described from the late Miocene of Toros-Menalla in…”
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Application of the authigenic 10Be/ 9Be dating method to continental sediments: Reconstruction of the Mio-Pleistocene sedimentary sequence in the early hominid fossiliferous areas of the northern Chad Basin by Lebatard, Anne-Elisabeth, Bourlès, Didier L., Braucher, Régis, Arnold, Maurice, Duringer, Philippe, Jolivet, Marc, Moussa, Abderamane, Deschamps, Pierre, Roquin, Claude, Carcaillet, Julien, Schuster, Mathieu, Lihoreau, Fabrice, Likius, Andossa, Mackaye, Hassan Taisso, Vignaud, Patrick, Brunet, Michel

“…The concentrations of atmospheric cosmogenic 10Be normalized to the solubilized fraction of its stable isotope 9Be have been measured in the authigenic phase…”
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Isotopic evidence for an early shift to C 4 resources by Pliocene hominins in Chad by Lee-Thorp, Julia, Likius, Andossa, Mackaye, Hassane T., Vignaud, Patrick, Sponheimer, Matt, Brunet, Michel

“…Foods derived from C 4 plants were important in the dietary ecology of early Pleistocene hominins in southern and eastern Africa, but the origins and…”
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Hippopotamids from the Djurab Pliocene faunas, Chad, Central Africa by Boisserie, Jean-Renaud, Brunet, Michel, Andossa, Likius, Vignaud, Patrick

“…In the Djurab Desert (Chad), the fossiliferous sectors of Kossom Bougoudi, Kollé and Koro Toro have yielded a great amount of fossil hippo remains aged between…”
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Phytolith signal of aquatic plants and soils in Chad, Central Africa by Novello, Alice, Barboni, Doris, Berti-Equille, Laure, Mazur, Jean-Charles, Poilecot, Pierre, Vignaud, Patrick

“…To identify the phytolith signal of lacustrine environments, which are prone to preserving faunal remains including hominins, we analyzed the phytolith content…”
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