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student Students of ANTH 6100
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C14; URN;
C14;Specimens from different level of site are dated differently: see Uranium-series dating of the Tabun Neanderthal: a cautionary note Andrew R. Millard and Alistair W. G. Pike Journal of Human Evolution Volume 36 Issue 5 May 1999 Pages 581-585 doi:10.1006/jhev.1999.0302
neanderthalensis;
Homo neanderthalensis
 ;Wood ash repeated use of fire; fire hearths (uncontroversial evidence of fire)
Mount Carmel
Uranium-series dating of the Tabun Neanderthal: a cautionary note Andrew R. Millard and Alistair W. G. Pike Journal of Human Evolution Volume 36 Issue 5 May 1999 Pages 581-585 doi:10.1006/jhev.1999.0302 ;Roebroeks W. and P. Villa (2011). "On the earliest evidence for habitual use of fire in Europe." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108(13): 5209-5214.

Henry
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C14; URN
Specimens from different level of site are dated differently: see Uranium-series dating of the Tabun Neanderthal: a cautionary note Andrew R. Millard and Alistair W. G. Pike Journal of Human Evolution Volume 36 Issue 5 May 1999 Pages 581-585.The burial dates from this site from URN showed varied and possibly inaccurate results however the general range from the samples with and without correction for the uniformity of uranium uptake is .020-.070 Ma.Simpson H. P. Schwarcz J. J. & Stringer C. B. (1998). Neanderthal skeleton from Tabun: URN data by gamma-ray spectrometry. Journal of human evolution 35(6) 635-645; ESR and Uranium-series datingReference: Coppa Alfredo Rainer Fran Chris Stringer Stephen Egging Rita Vargiu. Newly recognized Pleistocene human teeth from Tabun Cave Israel. Journal of Human Evolution 49 (2005) 301-315
 neanderthalensis;
Homo neanderthalensis
mode3 ; Backed knife; Blades - flake; Prepared core - Levallois flake or flake core; Prepared core - Levallois point or point core;
Mount Carmel
Specimens from different level of site are dated differently: see Uranium-series dating of the Tabun Neanderthal: a cautionary note Andrew R. Millard and Alistair W. G. Pike Journal of Human Evolution Volume 36 Issue 5 May 1999 Pages 581-585 doi:10.1006/jhev.1999.0302
Homo neanderthalensis
Shimelmitz Ron Kuhn Steven L. "Early Mousterian Levallois Technology in Unit IX of Tabun Cave." PaleoAnthropology 2012: 1-27.