Gona, Ethiopia

Gona, Ethiopia
Location in Ethiopia
Location in Ethiopia
Location of Gona in Ethiopia
Alternative nameGona Research Project area
LocationNorth Wollo,
Amhara Region,
 Ethiopia
RegionEastern Africa,
Great Rift Valley
Coordinates12°14′00″N 39°14′00″E / 12.233333°N 39.233333°E / 12.233333; 39.233333
TypeArchaeological

Gona is a paleoanthropological research area in Ethiopia's Afar Region.[1] Gona is primarily known for its archaeological sites and discoveries of hominin fossils from the Late Miocene, Early Pliocene and Early Pleistocene.[2][3][4][5] Fossils of Ardipithecus and Homo erectus were discovered there.[3][4][5] Two of the most significant finds are an Ardipithecus ramidus postcranial skeleton and an essentially complete Homo erectus pelvis.[6] Historically, Gona had the oldest documented Oldowan artifact assemblages.[2] Archaeologists have since found older examples of the Oldowan at other sites.[7][8] Still, Gona's Oldowan assemblages have been essential to the archaeological understanding of the Oldowan.[9][10][1] Gona's Acheulean archaeological sites have helped us understand the beginnings of the Acheulean Industry.[5][11]

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  3. ^ a b Simpson, Scott W.; Kleinsasser, Lynnette; Quade, Jay; Levin, Naomi E.; McIntosh, William C.; Dunbar, Nelia; Semaw, Sileshi; Rogers, Michael J. (1 April 2015). "Late Miocene hominin teeth from the Gona Paleoanthropological Research Project area, Afar, Ethiopia". Journal of Human Evolution. 81: 68–82. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.07.004. ISSN 0047-2484. PMID 25795338.
  4. ^ a b Semaw, Sileshi; Simpson, Scott W.; Quade, Jay; Renne, Paul R.; Butler, Robert F.; McIntosh, William C.; Levin, Naomi; Dominguez-Rodrigo, Manuel; Rogers, Michael J. (20 January 2005). "Early Pliocene hominids from Gona, Ethiopia". Nature. 433 (7023): 301–305. Bibcode:2005Natur.433..301S. doi:10.1038/nature03177. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 15662421. S2CID 4431031.
  5. ^ a b c Semaw, Sileshi; Rogers, Michael J.; Simpson, Scott W.; Levin, Naomi E.; Quade, Jay; Dunbar, Nelia; McIntosh, William C.; Cáceres, Isabel; Stinchcomb, Gary E.; Holloway, Ralph L.; Brown, Francis H. (6 March 2020). "Co-occurrence of Acheulian and Oldowan artifacts with Homo erectus cranial fossils from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia". Science Advances. 6 (10): eaaw4694. Bibcode:2020SciA....6.4694S. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaw4694. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 7056306. PMID 32181331.
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