High Resolution Timeframe for Hominin Evolution in the Turkana Basin, Kenya

  • McDougall, Ian (PI)
  • Phillips, David (PI)
  • Gleadow, Andrew John Ward (CoI)
  • Hergt, Janet (CoI)
  • Kohn, B P (CoI)
  • Leakey, Meave (CoI)
  • Matchan, Erin (CoI)

    Project: Research

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    Description

    The goal of this project is to establish a high-resolution timeframe for hominin evolution in the famed Omo-Turkana Basin, Kenya, using new instrumentation and innovative dating methods. The Basin hosts a stunningarray of hominin fossils that cover 4.3 Myr of human evolution. Interbedded volcanic deposits within the Basinsediments have provided much of our current constraints on the timing of hominin evolution; however critical knowledge gaps remain and current timeframes lack sufficient age resolution. The expected outcome of the studyis an ultra-precise chronological framework for the Basin. This is critical for transforming our understanding ofhominin evolution and migration, under changing climatic and environmental conditions.
    StatusFinished
    Effective start/end date4/06/1831/12/20

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