Microbial biomarkers reveal a hydrothermally active landscape at Olduvai Gorge at the dawn of the Acheulean, 1.7 Ma

Sistiag, A; Husain, F; Uribelarrea, D; Martin-Perea, DM; Ferland, T; Freeman, KH; Diez-Martin, F; Baquedano, E; Mabulla, A; Dominguez-Rodrigo, M; Summons, RE

Sistiag, A (corresponding author), MIT, Dept Earth Atmospher & Planetary Sci, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA.; Sistiag, A (corresponding author), Univ Copenhagen, GLOBE Inst, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 2020; 117 (40): 24720

Abstract

Landscape-scale reconstructions of ancient environments within the cradle of humanity may reveal insights into the relationship between early hominins......

Full Text Link