Early pliocene hominid tooth from Galili, Somali Region, Ethiopia.
A fossil hominid tooth was discovered during survey at Galili, Somali region, Ethiopia. The geological and faunal context indicate an Early Pliocene age. The specimen (GLL 33) consists of an almost complete lower right third molar likely representing a male individual of advanced age-at-death. Its comparative metrical, morphological and (micro)structural analysis (supported by a microtomographic record) suggests a tentative taxonomic allocation to Australopithecus cf A. afarensis.
Macchiarelli
Roberto
R
Laboratoire de Géobiologie, Biochronologie et Paléontologie Humaine, CNRS UMR 6046, Université de Poitiers, France. Roberto.Macchiarelli@univ-poitiers.fr
Bondioli
Luca
L
Falk
Dean
D
Faupl
Peter
P
Illerhaus
Bernard
B
Kullmer
Ottmar
O
Richter
Wolfram
W
Said
Hasen
H
Sandrock
Oliver
O
Schäfer
Katrin
K
Urbanek
Christoph
C
Viola
Bence T
BT
Weber
Gerhard W
GW
Seidler
Horst
H
D000818:Animals; D005002:Ethiopia; D005580:Fossils; D015186:Hominidae / Q000145:classification*; D008964:Molar, Third / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D010161:Paleodontology / Q000379:methods