AI Article Synopsis
- Mammalian fossils, including an early hominid tooth, have been found in the Ngorora Formation in Baringo District.
- The formation is estimated to be 9 to 12 million years old.
- These discoveries fill a significant 10 million year gap in the fossil record of mammals in sub-Saharan Africa.
Article Abstract
Mammalian fossils, which include the tooth of an early hominid, have been recovered from the newly mapped Ngorora Formation in the Baringo District. Preliminary dating suggests that this formation is aged between 9 and 12 million years, and the new finds thus help to span a ten million year gap in the fossil mammal record in Africa south of the Sahara.
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