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Approximate age:1,000,000 years old=average of minimum (0.9 Ma) and maximum (1.1 Ma)
Date based on: Biochron/ paleomag See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: Massimiliano Ghinassia, Yosief Libsekalb, Mauro Papinic and Lorenzo Rook. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Volume 280, Issues 3-4, 15 September 2009, Pages 415-431; doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.06.029
Hominids: Homo erectus
Archaeology:Oldowan/undiagnostic Acheulean
Important specimens: Buia cranium
Notes: African Homo erectus
Location: Danikil Depression, Eritrea
Map location/coordinates reference: Abbate, E., A. Albianelli, A. Azzaroli, M. Benvenuti, B. Tesfamariam,
P. Bruni, N. Cipriani, R. J. Clarke, G. Ficcarelli, R. Macchiarelli,
G. Napoleone, M. Papini, L. Rook, M. Sagri, T. M. Tecle, D.
Torre, and I. Villa. 1998. A one-million-year-old Homo cranium
from the Danakil (Afar) Depression of Eritrea. Nature
393:458-460.
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