This paper introduces this Special Issue of the Journal of Human Evolution entitled "Kanapoi: Paleobiology of a Pliocene site in Kenya." Kanapoi, West Turkana, Kenya, is part of the Omo-Turkana Basin and is the type site of the earliest known genus of Australopithecus, A. anamensis. Kanapoi preserves among the earliest earliest evidence of Australopithecus in deposits dated between 4.195 to 4.108 million years old. Explored by several teams since the 1960s, the Kanapoi sediments have yielded a rich and abundant fauna, providing important information about the paleoenvironments and the context surrounding the earliest evolution of the genus Australopithecus, as well as about the evolution and biogeography of African Pliocene vertebrate faunas.

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特刊Kanapoi简介：肯尼亚上新世遗址的古生物学。

本文介绍了《人类进化杂志》的特刊“ Kanapoi：肯尼亚上新世遗址的古生物学”。肯尼亚西部图尔卡纳的卡纳波伊（Kanapoi）是奥莫-图尔卡纳盆地的一部分，并且是最早已知的南方猿属（A. anamensis）的类属。卡纳波伊（Kanapoi）在最早的古猿中保存了古猿科的证据，这些古猿的沉积年代为4.195至410.8万年前。自1960年代以来，几支研究队一直在探索，Kanapoi沉积物产生了丰富而丰富的动物，提供了有关古环境和古猿属最早进化的背景以及非洲上新世脊椎动物群的进化和生物地理学的重要信息。 。