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Approximate age:35,000 years old=average of minimum (0.03 Ma) and maximum (0.04 Ma)
Date based on: Biochronology See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference:
Hominids: Homo neanderthalensis
Archaeology:DNA
Important specimens: Engis juvenile cranium. First hominin fossil found
Notes: Awir Cave was destroyed by mining activity after 1885 (Sarmiento, E. E., Sawyer, G. J., Milner, R., Deak, V., & Tattersall, I. (2007). The last human: a guide to twenty-two species of extinct humans: Yale Univ Press.).
Location: Awirs Cave (Awir Cave, Avir Cave, Avirs Cave), Liège, Belguim, Belguim
Map location/coordinates reference: Location is not precise or accurate. It based on proximity to town of Awirs and proximity to Chateau d'Aigremont and geological plausibility of the exposures visible on the satellite image.
Key references: Fraipont 1936: 24-26
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