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Approximate age:45,000 years old=average of minimum (0.041 Ma) and maximum (0.049 Ma)
Date based on: Radiocarbon See map of sites with similar ages
Dating reference: Mellars, P. (2006). A new radiocarbon revolution and the dispersal of modern humans in Eurasia. Nature, 439(7079), 931-935.
Hominids: Homo neanderthalensis
Archaeology:Middle Stone Age (MSA)/Mousterian Fire Possible Burial
Important specimens:
Notes: Fire refs: Schiegl, S., Goldberg, P., Bar-Yosef, O., & Weiner, S. (1996). Ash deposits in Hayonim and Kebara caves, Israel: macroscopic, microscopic and mineralogical observations, and their archaeological implications. Journal of Archaeological Science, 23, 763-782.
Burial refs: Gargett, R. H. (1999). Middle Palaeolithic burial is not a dead issue: the view from Qafzeh, Saint-CÈsaire, Kebara, Amud, and Dederiyeh. Journal of Human Evolution, 37(1), 27-90.
Location: Mount Carmel, Israel
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