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Approximate age:453,000 years old=average of minimum (0.126 Ma) and maximum (0.78 Ma)
Date based on: unspecified See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: Bar-Yosef, O. (1995). The role of climate in the interpretation of human movements and cultural transformations in western Asia. Paleoclimate and Evolution with Emphasis on Human Origins, Yale University Press, New Haven, 507ñ523.
Hominids: Homo erectus (advanced erectus)
Archaeology:Acheulean Middle Stone Age (MSA)/Mousterian
Important specimens: fire claim is based on burned bones
Notes: The date here is weak. The most cited source is a statement of 'probable Middle Pleistocene': O. Bar Yosef , The role of climate in the interpretation of human movements and cultural transformations in western Asia. In: E. Vrba, G. Denton, T. Partridge and L. Burckle, Editors, Paleoclimate and Evolution, with emphasis on human origins, Yale University Press (1995), pp. 507?523.
Location: Wadi Amud, Hokuk , Israel
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