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upper age limit boundary
approx. average age
lower age limit boundary
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Henry
rate entry
3.76
3.57
ARG
Deino; A.L.; Scott; G.R.; Saylor; B.; Alene; M.; Angelini; J.D.; Haile-Selassie; Y.; 2009. 40Ar/39Ar dating; paleomagnetism; and tephrochemistry of Pliocene strata of the hominid-bearing Woranso-Mille area; west-central Afar Rift; Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution.
afarensis;
Australoithecus afarensis
2 different forms; possible new species of australopithecus; Haile-Selassie; Y.; Latimer; B.M.; Alene; M.; Deino; A.L.; Gibert; L.; Melillo; S.M.; Saylor; B.Z.; Scott; G.R.; Lovejoy; C.O.; An early Australopithecus afarensis postcranium from Woranso-Mille; Ethiopia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.\n

Henry
rate entry
0.78
1.96
PMG; ALM;
Beaumont PB Vogel JC (2006) On a timescale for the past million years of human history in central South Africa; Chazan M. Ron H. Matmon A. Porat N. Goldberg P. Yates R. et al. (2008). Radiometric dating of the Earlier Stone Age sequence in excavation I at Wonderwerk Cave South Africa: preliminary results. Journal of Human Evolution 55(1) 1-11
mode2 Mode 2; Early Acheulean; in situ; fire
(Exc. 1 12a-c) Kuruman Hills situated between Danielskuil and Kuruman in the Northern Cape Province
Date probably closer to younger end of range; Early Acheulean; burned siliceous stones burned bones and ash traces may indicate controlled fire
unknown
Very early evidence for fire use and burned bones

Beaumont PB Vogel JC (2006) On a timescale for the past million years of human history in central South Africa; Chazan M. Ron H. Matmon A. Porat N. Goldberg P. Yates R. et al. (2008). Radiometric dating of the Earlier Stone Age sequence in excavation I at Wonderwerk Cave South Africa: preliminary results. Journal of Human Evolution 55(1) 1-11