The age of the hominin fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, and the origins of the Middle Stone Age

Daniel Richter, Rainer Grün, Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Teresa E. Steele, Fethi Amani, Mathieu Rué, Paul Fernandes, Jean-Paul Raynal, Denis Geraads, Abdelouahed Ben-Ncer, Jean-Jacques Hublin and Shannon P. McPherron ()
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Daniel Richter: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Rainer Grün: Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra
Renaud Joannes-Boyau: Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra
Teresa E. Steele: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Fethi Amani: Institut National des Sciences de L’Archéologie et du Patrimoine
Mathieu Rué: Paléotime, 6173 Rue Jean Séraphin Achard Picard
Paul Fernandes: Paléotime, 6173 Rue Jean Séraphin Achard Picard
Jean-Paul Raynal: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Denis Geraads: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Abdelouahed Ben-Ncer: Institut National des Sciences de L’Archéologie et du Patrimoine
Jean-Jacques Hublin: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Shannon P. McPherron: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Nature, 2017, vol. 546, issue 7657, 293-296

Abstract: Thermoluminescence dating of fire-heated flint artefacts, and directly associated newly discovered remains of Homo sapiens, indicate that the Middle Stone Age site of Jebel Irhoud in Morocco is 383–247 thousand years old.

Date: 2017
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