Smallest Homo erectus cranium in Africa and diverse stone tools found at Gona, Ethiopia
Thursday, March 5, 2020 - 09:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
An international research team led by scientists from the U.S. and Spain, and including a University of Michigan geologist, has discovered a nearly complete cranium of an early human ancestor, estimated to about 1.5 million years ago, and a partial cranium dated to about 1.26 million years ago, from the Gona study area in Ethiopia's Afar State.