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A pollen spectrum obtained from the Ileret Member of the Koobi Fora Formation indicates that vegetation patterns differed significantly from those prevailing east of Lake Rudolf today. The pollen-bearing sediment, which is interstratified with Plio-Pleistocene hominid fossils, shows somewhat more humid conditions.
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Bonnefille, R. Implications of pollen assemblage from the Koobi Fora Formation, East Rudolf, Kenya. Nature 264, 403–407 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/264403a0
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