Florisbad,    South Africa Go to Data Dashboard
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upper age limit boundary
approx. average age
lower age limit boundary
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Henry
rate entry
0.214
0.294
ESR;OSL
ESR on tooth in deposit (is it the same age as the cranium?); Gr�n R. Brink J. S. Spooner N. A. Taylor L. Stringer C. B. Franciscus R. G. et al. (1996). Direct dating of Florisbad hominid. Nature 382(6591) 500. See also cBrearty & Brooks 2000; Herries et al. 2011
heidelbergensis
Archaic Homo sapiens, called Homo heidelbergensis or Homo rhodesiensis by many
mode3 mode3 fire
near Soutpan
Fire use (Hearths): James S. R. Dennell R. W. Gilbert A. S. Lewis H. T. Gowlett J. A. J. Lynch T. F. et al. (1989). Hominid Use of Fire in the Lower and Middle Pleistocene: A Review of the Evidence [and Comments and Replies]. Current Anthropology 30(1) 1-26.
Homo rhodesiensis