Plio‐Pleistocene mammals from Mille‐Logya, Ethiopia, and the post‐Hadar faunal change

We describe the non-primate mammalian fauna from late Pliocene to earliest Pleistocene deposits of Mille-Logya in Lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia, dated c. 2.9–2.4 Ma, and divided into three successive units: Gafura, Seraitu, Uraitele. identify 41 taxa (including rodents), most diverse group being Bovidae, with 17 taxa. While Gafura assemblage still resembles those earlier Hadar Formation, younger Seraitu documents a major turnover. there is little change species present across this interval, relative abundances various dramatically, suids largely replaced by open-country bovids (Alcelaphini Antilopini). interpret faunal as reflective an environmental shift, contemporaneous replacement Australopithecus afarensis Homo area.