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Nature 223, 150-152 (12 July 1969) | doi:10.1038/223150a0; Received 1 March 1969
Fossil Camels in the Omo Beds, Southern Ethiopia
F. CLARK HOWELL, LYNN S. FICHTER & RONALD WOLFF
- Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago
- Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley
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Abstract
A molar tooth and metatarsal bone found in the Omo beds seem to be those of a camel of about the same size as today's Bactrian camel. These are the first camel remains to be recognized in eastern Africa.
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