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Approximate age:70,000 years old=average of minimum (0.06 Ma) and maximum (0.08 Ma)
Date based on: See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: Wadley, L., & Jacobs, Z. (2004). Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal: Background to the excavations of middle stone age and iron age occupations. South African Journal of Science, 100, 04.
Hominids:
Archaeology:Middle Stone Age (MSA)/Mousterian
Important specimens: Earliest bow and arrow (>61 ka)
Notes:
Location: Sibudu Cave, South Africa
Map location/coordinates reference: Goldberg, P., Miller, C. E., Schiegl, S., Ligouis, B., Berna, F., Conard, N. J., et al. (2009). Bedding, hearths, and site maintenance in the Middle Stone Age of Sibudu Cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 1(2), 95-122.
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