New geological and palaeontological age constraint for the gorilla–human lineage split

Shigehiro Katoh, Yonas Beyene, Tetsumaru Itaya, Hironobu Hyodo, Masayuki Hyodo, Koshi Yagi, Chitaro Gouzu, Giday WoldeGabriel, William K. Hart, Stanley H. Ambrose, Hideo Nakaya, Raymond L. Bernor, Jean-Renaud Boisserie, Faysal Bibi, Haruo Saegusa, Tomohiko Sasaki, Katsuhiro Sano, Berhane Asfaw and Gen Suwa ()
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Shigehiro Katoh: Hyogo Museum of Nature and Human Activities
Yonas Beyene: Association for Conservation of Culture Awassa
Tetsumaru Itaya: Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Okayama University of Science
Hironobu Hyodo: Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Okayama University of Science
Masayuki Hyodo: Research Center for Inland Seas, Kobe University
Koshi Yagi: Hiruzen Institute for Geology and Chronology
Chitaro Gouzu: Hiruzen Institute for Geology and Chronology
Giday WoldeGabriel: EES-14/MS D462, Los Alamos National Laboratory
William K. Hart: Miami University
Stanley H. Ambrose: University of Illinois
Hideo Nakaya: Kagoshima University
Raymond L. Bernor: Howard University
Jean-Renaud Boisserie: Centre français des études éthiopiennes (CFEE), USR CNRS 3137, French Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Faysal Bibi: Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
Haruo Saegusa: Institute of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Hyogo
Tomohiko Sasaki: The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
Katsuhiro Sano: The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
Berhane Asfaw: Rift Valley Research Service
Gen Suwa: The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

Nature, 2016, vol. 530, issue 7589, 215-218

Abstract: A substantial revision to the age of the Chorora Formation, Ethiopia, constraining the deposits to around 8 million years old and forming a revised age constraint for the human–gorilla lineage split.

Date: 2016
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