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Approximate age:52,500 years old=average of minimum (0.035 Ma) and maximum (0.070 Ma)
Date based on: See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference:
Hominids: Homo neanderthalensis
Archaeology:DNA Middle Stone Age (MSA)/Mousterian
Important specimens: complete infant skeleton
Notes: Several dates for different levels at this locality have been dated, and, overall, return dates ranging between 36.2 to 73.0±5.0 ka. The specimen from which DNA was extracted,
Location: northwest Caucasus mountains, Russia
Map location/coordinates reference: BaryshnikovJohn, F. (1996). Palaeontology and Zooarchaeology of Mezmaiskaya Cave (Northwestern Caucasus, Russia). Journal of Archaeological Science, 23(3), 313-335.
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