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Approximate age:115,000 years old=average of minimum (0.1 Ma) and maximum (0.13 Ma)
Date based on: Marine Oxegen Isotope Stage (OIS) correlation See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: Bruner, E., & Manzi, G. Saccopastore 1: the earliest Neanderthal? A new look at an old cranium. Neanderthals Revisited: New Approaches and Perspectives, 23-36.
Bruner, E., & Manzi, G. Saccopastore 1: the earliest Neanderthal? A new look at an old cranium. Neanderthals Revisited: New Approaches and Perspectives, 23-36.
Hominids: Homo neanderthalensis
Archaeology: Middle Stone Age (MSA)/Mousterian Fire
Important specimens: Cranium, fire (Karkanas, P., Shahack-Gross, R., Ayalon, A., Bar-Matthews, M., Barkai, R., Frumkin, A., et al. (2007). Evidence for habitual use of fire at the end of the Lower Paleolithic: Site-formation processes at Qesem Cave, Israel. Journal of human evolution, 53(2), 197-212.
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Notes: Quarry originally outside Rome. Now area is part of the city. Coordinates from Google Earth and site descriptions. See: Bruner, E., & Manzi, G. Saccopastore 1: the earliest Neanderthal? A new look at an old cranium. Neanderthals Revisited: New Approaches and Perspectives, 23-36.
Location: vallée de l'Anienne (northeast Rome), Italy
Map location/coordinates reference: Bruner, E., & Manzi, G. Saccopastore 1: the earliest Neanderthal? A new look at an old cranium. Neanderthals Revisited: New Approaches and Perspectives, 23-36.
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