Middle Pliocene hominin species diversity has been a subject of debate over the past two decades, particularly after the naming of Australopithecus bahrelghazali and Kenyanthropus platyops in addition to the well-known species Australopithecus afarensis. Further analyses continue to support the proposal that several hominin species co-existed during this time period. Here we recognize a new hominin species (Australopithecus deyiremeda sp. nov.) from 3.3–3.5-million-year-old deposits in the Woranso–Mille study area, central Afar, Ethiopia.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/new-species-ethiopia-further-expands-middle-pliocene-hominin-diversity
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/yohannes-haile-selassie
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/luis-gibert
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/stephanie-m-melillo-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/life-science
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ethiopia
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fossils
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
