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Approximate age:1,520,000 years old=average of minimum (1.51 Ma) and maximum (1.53 Ma)
Date based on: K-Ar See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: 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.
Hominids: Homo erectus
Archaeology:Oldowan/undiagnostic
Important specimens:
Notes: Bennett, M. R., Harris, J. W. K., Richmond, B. G., Braun, D. R., Mbua, E., Kiura, P., et al. (2009). Early hominin foot morphology based on 1.5-million-year-old footprints from Ileret, Kenya. Science, 323(5918), 1197.
Location: Koobi Fora Formation, Kenya
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