Tchad : Un nouveau site à Hominidés Pliocène

A second hominid site (KT 13) has been discovered by the MPFT (Mission Paleoanthropologique franco-tchadienne) in northern Chad. The fauna is characterized by some provincialism (at least five new species) and includes approximately 30 taxa, of which 22 are mammals. The age of this fauna is between 3 and 3.5 Ma. The faunal and sedimentological contexts can be interpreted as representative of a mosaic landscape in a region bordering a lake or a river.