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Approximate age:700,000 years old=average of minimum (0.6 Ma) and maximum (0.8 Ma)
Date based on: paleomagnetism, biochronology See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: Goren-Inbar, N., Feibel, C. S., Verosub, K. L., Melamed, Y., Kislev, M. E., Tchernov, E., et al. (2000). Pleistocene milestones on the Out-of-Africa corridor at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel. Science, 289(5481), 944.
Hominids:
Archaeology:Fire Acheulean
Important specimens: Very early fire use
Notes:
Location: Dead Sea Rift, Israel
Map location/coordinates reference: Sharon, G. (2007). Acheulian large flake industries: technology, chronology, and significance: British Archaeological Reports Ltd.
Key references: Rabinovich R, Biton R. Related Articles
The Early-Middle Pleistocene faunal assemblages of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov: Inter-site variability.
J Hum Evol. 2011 Jan 19;. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 21255819 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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