Publication Date:
2014-02-20
Description:
Article Rusinga Island in Kenya is home to important fossil beds, including remains of the early ape Proconsul. Here the authors reconstruct the Early Miocene environment in Rusinga Island, and find that Proconsul lived in a dense closed-canopy tropical seasonal forest, a warm and relatively wet local habitat. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms4236 Authors: Lauren A. Michel, Daniel J. Peppe, James A. Lutz, Steven G. Driese, Holly M. Dunsworth, William E.H. Harcourt-Smith, William H. Horner, Thomas Lehmann, Sheila Nightingale, Kieran P. McNulty
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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