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Approximate age:1,615,000 years old=average of minimum (1.34 Ma) and maximum (1.89 Ma)
Date based on: An absolute dating technique based on the build-up and decay of 26Al and 10Be in the mineral quartz See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: Gibbon, R. J., Granger, D. E., Kuman, K., & Partridge, T. C. (2009). Early Acheulean technology in the Rietputs Formation, South Africa, dated with cosmogenic nuclides. Journal of human evolution, 56(2), 152-160.
Hominids:
Archaeology:Acheulean
Important specimens: Very early acheulean
Notes:
Location: Rietputs Formation, Windsorton, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Map location/coordinates reference: Gibbon, R. J., Granger, D. E., Kuman, K., & Partridge, T. C. (2009). Early Acheulean technology in the Rietputs Formation, South Africa, dated with cosmogenic nuclides. Journal of human evolution, 56(2), 152-160.
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