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Approximate age:62,500 years old=average of minimum (0.06 Ma) and maximum (0.065 Ma)
Date based on: ESR, TL, ESL See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: Villa, P., Soriano, S., Teyssandier, N., & Wurz, S. The Howiesons Poort and MSA III at Klasies River main site, Cave 1A. Journal of Archaeological Science, 37(3), 630-655.
Hominids: Homo sapiens
Archaeology:Late Stone Age (LSA)/Upper Paleolithic Middle Stone Age (MSA)/Mousterian Fire (Hearths)
Important specimens: Early Homo sapiens chin
Notes: Fire use (Hearths): James, S. R., Dennell, R. W., Gilbert, A. S., Lewis, H. T., Gowlett, J. A. J., Lynch, T. F., et al. (1989). Hominid Use of Fire in the Lower and Middle Pleistocene: A Review of the Evidence [and Comments and Replies]. Current Anthropology, 30(1), 1-26.
Location: HP deposits, South Africa
Map location/coordinates reference: Villa, P., Soriano, S., Teyssandier, N., & Wurz, S. The Howiesons Poort and MSA III at Klasies River main site, Cave 1A. Journal of Archaeological Science, 37(3), 630-655.
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