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Approximate age:56,500 years old=average of minimum (0.018 Ma) and maximum (0.095 Ma)
Date based on: Radiocarbon, infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL), TL, ESR U-series See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: Morwood, M. J., Soejono, R. P., Roberts, R. G., Sutikna, T., Turney, C. S. M., Westaway, K. E., et al. (2004). Archaeology and age of a new hominin from Flores in eastern Indonesia. Nature, 431(7012), 1087-1091.
Hominids: Homo floresiensis
Archaeology:Middle Stone Age (MSA)/Mousterian
Important specimens: Cranium and postcrania of mutiple individuals of diminuitive hominin. Nicknamed 'Hobbit.'
Notes: Archaeology consists of blades, bladelets, and other small tools. It is desinated Mode 3 here, but there is no Levallois or other diagnostic MSA material.
Location: Flores, Indonesia
Map location/coordinates reference: Brown, P., Sutikna, T., Morwood, M. J., & Soejono, R. P. (2004). A new small-bodied hominin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia. Nature, 431(7012), 1055-1061.
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