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Kullmer O. Sandrock O. Abel R. Schrenk F. Bromage T. G. & Juwayeyi Y. M. (1999). The first Paranthropus from the Malawi Rift. Journal of human evolution 37(1) 121.
Bromage T. G. Schrenk F. & Zonneveld F. W. (1995). Paleoanthropology of the Malawi Rift: an early hominid mandible from the Chiwondo Beds northern Malawi. Journal of human evolution 28(1) 71-108.
Hooker P. J. & Miller J. A. (1979). K-Ar dating of the Pleistocene fossil hominid site at Chesowanja North Kenya.
robust australopithecus
Australopithecus boisei
mode1 mode1 maybe_fire Evidence of fire is based on baked clay found with stone artifacts and cobbles. Authors call the spatial arrangement of clay and stones "hearth-like" however they say the evidence is not conclusive.
Chemoigut Formation Lake Baringo Area
Evidence for use of fire here is inconclusive. The original authors clearly state that it is possible this fire was made by lightning strikes or brush fires. See Gowlett J. A. J. Harris J. W. K. Walton D. & Wood B. A. Wood B. (Ed.). (2011). Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution 2 Volume Set: Wiley-Blackwell.;KNM-CH 1 a right hemiface and anterior cranial base KNM-CH 304 a frangmentary cranium.; (1981). Early archaeological sites hominid remains and traces of fire from Chesowanja Kenya.; Keywords: paranthropus Paranthropus
Australopithecus boisei
KNM-CH 1 a right hemiface and anterior cranial base KNM-CH 304 a frangmentary cranium.
Kullmer O. Sandrock O. Abel R. Schrenk F. Bromage T. G. & Juwayeyi Y. M. (1999). The first Paranthropus from the Malawi Rift. Journal of human evolution 37(1) 121.
Bromage T. G. Schrenk F. & Zonneveld F. W. (1995). Paleoanthropology of the Malawi Rift: an early hominid mandible from the Chiwondo Beds northern Malawi. Journal of human evolution 28(1) 71-108.
Hooker P. J. & Miller J. A. (1979). K-Ar dating of the Pleistocene fossil hominid site at Chesowanja North Kenya.
Wood B. (Ed.). (2011). Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution 2 Volume Set: Wiley-Blackwell.