@article{fdi:010076686,
  title = {{A}ge and context of mid-{P}liocene hominin cranium from {W}oranso-{M}ille, {E}thiopia},
  author = {{S}aylor, {B}. {Z}. and {G}ibert, {L}. and {D}eino, {A}. and {A}lene, {M}. and {L}evin, {N}. {E}. and {M}elillo, {S}. {M}. and {P}eaple, {M}. {D}. and {F}eakins, {S}. {J}. and {B}ourel, {B}. and {B}arboni, {D}. and {N}ovello, {A}. and {S}ylvestre, {F}lorence and {M}ertzman, {S}. {A}. and {H}aile-{S}elassie, {Y}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A} fossil hominin cranium was discovered in mid-{P}liocene deltaic strata in the {G}odaya {V}alley of the northwestern {W}oranso-{M}ille study area in {E}thiopia. {H}ere we show that analyses of chemically correlated volcanic layers and the palaeomagnetic stratigraphy, combined with {B}ayesian modelling of dated tuffs, yield an age range of 3.804 +/- 0.013 to 3.777 +/- 0.014 million years old (mean +/- 1s) for the deltaic strata and the fossils that they contain. {W}e also document deposits of a perennial lake beneath the deltaic sequence. {M}ammalian fossils associated with the cranium represent taxa that were widespread at the time and data from botanical remains indicate that the vegetation in the lake and delta catchment was predominantly dry shrubland with varying proportions of grassland, wetland and riparian forest. {I}n addition, we report high rates of sediment accumulation and depositional features that are typical of a steep topographic relief and differ from younger {W}oranso-{M}ille fossil localities, reflecting the influence of active rift processes on the palaeolandscape.},
  keywords = {{ETHIOPIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ature},
  volume = {573},
  numero = {7773},
  pages = {220--224 + 17 p.},
  ISSN = {0028-0836},
  year = {2019},
  DOI = {10.1038/s41586-019-1514-7},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010076686},
}