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Approximate age:50,500 years old=average of minimum (0.05 Ma) and maximum (0.051 Ma)
Date based on: See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: Vermeersch, P. M., Paulissen, E., Stokes, S., & Charlier, C. (1998). A Middle Palaeolithic burial of human at Taramsa Hill, Egypt. Antiquity, 72, 475-484.
Hominids: Homo sapiens
Archaeology:Late Stone Age (LSA)/Upper Paleolithic Middle Stone Age (MSA)/Mousterian
Important specimens: Anatomically modern Homo sapiens burial. Relevant to ideas about routes and timing of Homo sapiens dispersals out of Africa.
Notes:
Location: Nile Valley, Egypt
Map location/coordinates reference: Derived from map in Vermeersch, P. M., Paulissen, E., Stokes, S., & Charlier, C. (1998). A Middle Palaeolithic burial of human at Taramsa Hill, Egypt. Antiquity, 72, 475-484.
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