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Approximate age:40,000 years old=average of minimum (0.04 Ma) and maximum (0.04 Ma)
Date based on: Radiocarbon See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: Schmitz, R. W., Serre, D., Bonani, G., Feine, S., Hillgruber, F., Krainitzki, H., et al. (2002). The Neandertal type site revisited: interdisciplinary investigations of skeletal remains from the Neander Valley, Germany. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 99(20), 13342.
Hominids: Homo neanderthalensis
Archaeology:
Important specimens: Original Neanderthal cranium and skeleton.
Notes:
Location: Neander Valley, Germany
Map location/coordinates reference: Coordinates placed on streamside quarry at site of dicovery. The original cave is now destroyed by the quarrying that continued at the site.
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