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Further Evidence of Lower Pleistocene Hominids from East Rudolf, North Kenya, 1971

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In 1971 more early hominid material was recovered from the East Rudolph area and the total number of specimens now exceeds forty-five. The collection confirms the contemporaneity of Australopithecus and Homo during the Lower Pleistocene in East Africa.

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LEAKEY, R. Further Evidence of Lower Pleistocene Hominids from East Rudolf, North Kenya, 1971. Nature 237, 264–269 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/237264a0

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