Erster Überblick über die jungdiluvialen Tier- und Menschenfunde Dr. Kohl-Larsen's im nordöstlichen Teil des Njarasa-Grabens (Ostafrika) und die geologischen Yerhältnisse des Fundgebietes

New footprints from Laetoli (Tanzania) provide evidence for marked body size variation in early hominins

“…The region includes sites such as Olduvai Gorge, Lake Ndutu and Laetoli itself and provides a long sequence of Plio-Pleistocene, mostly volcano-sedimentary, deposits that are rich in archaeological and paleontological remains (Hay, 1987), overlying Precambrian metamorphic rocks. The paleoanthropological significance of the whole area has been known since the mid 1930s (Reck and Kohl-Larsen, 1936; Kohl-Larsen, 1943), whereas Laetoli became known worldwide in the 1970s for stimulating discoveries, such as the holotype and other remains of Au. afarensis (Leakey et al, 1976; Johanson et al, 1978) and remarkable evidence of the earliest bipedal hominin tracks (Leakey and Hay, 1979; Leakey and Harris, 1987) dated to 3.66 million years ago (Ma) (Deino, 2011).…”

Further Notes on the Ngaloba Industry, a Middle Stone Age Assemblage Directly Associated with Early Homo in the Greater Laetoli, Northern Tanzania

“…In addition to MSA, LSA, and PN sequence, the Lake Eyasi basin has revealed important early Homo specimens associated with an early MSA industry described as the Njarassa. These include three individuals discovered by Kohl-Larsen's expedition (Reck and Kohl-Larsen, 1936) and another discovery of a skull fragment in 1993 (Brauer and Mabulla, 1996). The Eyasi hominin remains have now been dated to at least 100 ka and most likely older than 130 ka.…”

Eyasi 1 and the suprainiac fossa

“…It consists of major portions of the posterior neurocranium, fragmentary elements of the frontal bone, numerous isolated cranial fragments, and a few teeth. It was briefly described by Reck and Kohl-Larsen (1936) and Leakey (1936), analyzed in more detail by Weinert (1939), and more recently re-reconstructed and analyzed by Protsch (1981;see also Brä uer, 1984;Brä uer and Mabulla, 1996). The current reconstruction provides most of the superior occipital bone in correct anatomical position, although regions of it, especially laterally, have sustained minor surface erosion.…”