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Approximate age:1,360,000 years old=average of minimum (1.07 Ma) and maximum (1.65 Ma)
Date based on: U-Pb on teeth See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: Balter, V., Blichert-Toft, J., Braga, J., Telouk, P., Thackeray, F., & Albarède, F. (2007). U-Pb dating of fossil enamel from the Swartkrans Pleistocene hominid site, South Africa. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
Hominids: Homo Australopithecus robustus
Archaeology:Oldowan/undiagnostic
Important specimens:
Notes: Keywords: paranthropus Paranthropus
Location: Swartkrans, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
Map location/coordinates reference: Brain, C. K. (1958). The Transvaal ape-man bearing cave deposits. Transvaal Museum Memoir 11. 1967 The Transvaal Museum's fossil project at Swartkrans. South African Journal of Science, 63, 378-384.
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