Re: New Hominid Fossil Finds In Ethiopia, 3.5-3.8 mya

"Rich Travsky" <traRvEsky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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claudiusdenk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Dr Haile-Selassie said the new dig sites yielded the bones of many
monkeys, antelopes and wild pigs, suggesting that the hominids lived
in a far greener and more wooded countryside than the bare stony Afar
desert region seen today.

What, no oyster shells?

The interesting feature about all these
sites is their closeness to the (fossil)
Sea of Afar.

Bear in mind also that the whole region
has been rising (as the result of geo-
tectonic forces) over the past few
million years. The sites would have
been much closer to sea-level when
they were occupied by hominids.


Paul.



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