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Approximate age:40,500 years old=average of minimum (0.035 Ma) and maximum (0.046 Ma)
Date based on: See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: Kuzmin, Y. V., & Orlova, L. A. (1998). Radiocarbon chronology of the Siberian Paleolithic. Journal of World Prehistory, 12(1), 1-53.
Hominids:
Archaeology:Middle Stone Age (MSA)/Mousterian
Important specimens: DNA extracted from phalanx is neither sapiens or Neanderthal. Pääbo calls the individual who owned the finger "the X-woman."
Notes: There are several levels from this site. The ones reported here are from the unit with the phalanx that DNA was extracted from.
Location: Altai Mountains, southern Siberia, Russia
Map location/coordinates reference: Nature 2010 paper reports incorrect coordinates. Coordinates from: Martynovich, N. (2002). Pleistocene birds from Tsagan-Agui Cave (Gobian Altai). Acta Zool. Cracov, 45, 283ñ292.
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