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Approximate age:4,160,000 years old=average of minimum (4 Ma) and maximum (4.32 Ma)
Date based on: K-Ar See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: McDougall, I., & Brown, F. H. (2006). Precise 40Ar/39Ar geochronology for the upper Koobi Fora Formation, Turkana Basin, northern Kenya. Journal of the Geological Society, 163(1), 205.
Feibel, C. S., Brown, F. H., & McDougall, I. (1989). Stratigraphic context of fossil hominids from the Omo Group deposits: Northern Turkana Basin, Kenya and Ethiopia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 78(4), 595-622.
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Location: Koobi Fora Formation, East Lake Turkana (Ileret Region), Kenya
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