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Morphological and taxonomic affinities of the Olduvai ulna (OH 36)
✍ Scribed by Aiello, Leslie C.; Wood, Bernard; Key, Cathy; Lewis, Mark
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 479 KB
- Volume
- 109
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9483
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✦ Synopsis
The OH 36 ulna derives from Upper Bed II in the Olduvai Gorge, and is dated to circa 1.1-1.2 Myr. Multivariate analyses incorporating data from samples of modern humans, common and pygmy chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, and two other early hominin ulnae, Omo L40-19 and KNM-BK 66, suggest that OH 36 belonged to an individual with powerful