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Approximate age:3,250,000 years old=average of minimum (3 Ma) and maximum (3.5 Ma)
Date based on: Biochronology See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: Brunet, M., Beauvilain, A., Coppens, Y., Heintz, E., Moutaye, A. H. E., & Pilbeam, D. (1996). Australopithecus bahrelghazali, une nouvelle espËce d'HominidÈ ancien de la rÈgion de Koro Toro(Tchad). Comptes rendus de l'AcadÈmie des sciences. SÈrie 2. Sciences de la terre et des planËtes, 322(10), 907-913.; Lebatard, A. E., BourlËs, D. L., Duringer, P., Jolivet, M., Braucher, R., Carcaillet, J., et al. (2008). Cosmogenic nuclide dating of Sahelanthropus tchadensis and Australopithecus bahrelghazali: Mio-Pliocene hominids from Chad. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(9), 3226.
Hominids: Australopithecus afarensis
Archaeology:
Important specimens: Australopithecus bahrelghazali mandible fragment (mand symph.)
Notes: Site of "Abel" (KT 12/H1), [Australopithecus bahrelghazali]. Article Nature 418, 152-155 (11 July 2002) | doi:10.1038/nature00880
Location: (Koro Toro) Djurab Desert, Chad
Map location/coordinates reference: Lebatard, A. E., BourlËs, D. L., Duringer, P., Jolivet, M., Braucher, R., Carcaillet, J., et al. (2008). Cosmogenic nuclide dating of Sahelanthropus tchadensis and Australopithecus bahrelghazali: Mio-Pliocene hominids from Chad. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(9), 3226.
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