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Approximate age:5,820,000 years old=average of minimum (4.2 Ma) and maximum (7.44 Ma)
Date based on: K-Ar See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: McDougall, I. A. N., & Feibel, C. S. (1999). Numerical age control for the Miocene-Pliocene succession at Lothagam, a hominoid-bearing sequence in the northern Kenya Rift. Journal of the Geological Society, 156(4), 731.
Hominids: Ardipithecus
Archaeology:
Important specimens: Lothagam mandible
Notes: Site of Lothagam mandible, and early find of a pre-4 Ma hominid.
Location: West Turkana (WT), Kenya
Map location/coordinates reference: Centered on site of Lothagam mandible, and early find of a pre-4 Ma hominid. See: Leakey, M. G., Feibel, C. S., Bernor, R. L., Harris, J. M., Cerling, T. E., Stewart, K. M., et al. (1996). Lothagam: a record of faunal change in the Late Miocene of East Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 556-570.
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