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Approximate age:458,000 years old=average of minimum (0.4523 Ma) and maximum (0.4637 Ma)

Date based on: Potassium-Argon on archaeological levels. See map of sites with similar ages

Dating reference: Muttoni, G., Scardia, G., Kent, D. V., Swisher, C. C., & Manzi, G. (2009). Pleistocene magnetochronology of early hominin sites at Ceprano and Fontana Ranuccio, Italy. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 286(1-2), 255-268.
Segre, A., & Ascenzi, A. (1984). Fontana Ranuccio: Italy's earliest middle pleistocene hominid site. Current Anthropology, 230-233.

Hominids:       

Archaeology:Acheulean, bone tools      

Important specimens: 3 dental specimens have been compared to Homo erectus, but the attribution is weak. Also present: Acheulean archaeology, flaked bone, bone biface

Notes:

Location: Valle del Sacco Liri, Frosinone, Lazio, Anagni Basin, Italy
Map location/coordinates reference: Open air locality easily located in google maps when aided by Segre, A., & Ascenzi, A. (1984). Fontana Ranuccio: Italy's earliest middle pleistocene hominid site. Current Anthropology, 25(2), 230-233. .
Incorrect coordinates published in Wood, B. (Ed.). (2011). Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution, 2 Volume Set: Wiley-Blackwell.

Key references: Ascenzi, A., & Segre, A. G. (1996). Artefacts and human teeth at the Fontana Ranuccio Middle Pleistocene site (central Italy)= Des artefacts et dents humaines sur le site PlÈistocËne moyen de Fontana Ranucciosite (Italie centrale). Anthropologie, 34(1-2), 39-46.   Wood, B. (Ed.). (2011). Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution, 2 Volume Set: Wiley-Blackwell.