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Approximate age:600,000 years old=average of minimum (0.52 Ma) and maximum (0.68 Ma)
Date based on: K-AR See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: Clark, J. D., De Heinzelin, J., Schick, K. D., Hart, W. K., White, T. D., WoldeGabriel, G., et al. (1994). African Homo erectus: old radiometric ages and young Oldowan assemblages in the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia. Science, 264(5167), 1907.
Hominids: Homo rhodesiensis
Archaeology:Oldowan/undiagnostic
Important specimens: Bodo cranium
Notes: Bodo has 2 Middle Pleistocene units, an upper unit that is roughly 350 Ka with Acheulean dated biochronologically, and a lower, better dated unit.
Location: Middle Awash area, (lower Middle Pleistocene levels), Ethiopia
Map location/coordinates reference: Clark, J. D., De Heinzelin, J., Schick, K. D., Hart, W. K., White, T. D., WoldeGabriel, G., et al. (1994). African Homo erectus: old radiometric ages and young Oldowan assemblages in the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia. Science, 264(5167), 1907.
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