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Sites with age ranges that overlap or fall within the period from
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~300,000 years old     
Locality: Loyangalani (Kenya), southeastern coast of Lake Turkana, Kenya
(age between 0.50 Ma and 0.1 Ma based on data unavailable) |
~300,000 years old 
Locality: Ngandong, Java, Indonesia
(age between 0.550 Ma and 0.050 Ma based on Biochron, argon argon, and hope) |
~395,000 years old 
Locality: Kapthurin GnJh-03; GnJh-23; BK63-67; BK8518; KAP-15; KAP-23;, Kapthurin, upper K3 and K4 localities (Trachytic tuff, 'upper' basaltic tuff, MBTU, 'lower' basaltic tuff, upper part of K3 sediments), Kapthurin Formation, Kenya
(age between 0.518 Ma and 0.272 Ma based on Ar-Ar) |
~395,000 years old
Locality: Jebel Barakah, coastline between Jebel Dhannah and the Qatar peninsula, Abu Dhabi
(age between 0.780 Ma and 0.010 Ma based on stratigraphic position and geomorphology) |
~409,500 years old 
Locality: Kapthurin GnJh-50; GnJh-41; GnJh-42, Kapthurin, upper K3 and K4 localities (Trachytic tuff, 'upper' basaltic tuff, MBTU, 'lower' basaltic tuff, upper part of K3 sediments), Kapthurin Formation, Kenya
(age between 0.547 Ma and 0.272 Ma based on Ar-Ar) |
~409,500 years old 
Locality: Kapthurin GnJh-15, Kapthurin, upper K3, just below K4, Kenya
(age between 0.547 Ma and 0.272 Ma based on Ar-Ar) |
~440,000 years old 
Locality: Swanscombe, Galley Hill, Kent, England, Great Britain
(age between 0.78 Ma and 0.1 Ma based on unspecified) |
~440,000 years old
Locality: Apidima, Mani, southern Peloponnese, Greece
(age between 0.78 Ma and 0.1 Ma based on nothing) |
~450,000 years old  
Locality: Lantian, Chenjiawo, Yehu (near Lantian city), China
(age between 0.78 Ma and 0.12 Ma based on Paleomag) |
~450,000 years old
Locality: Saint-Acheul, Amiens (nappe de Freville; nappe de la Garenne; nappe de l'Epinette; Saint-Acheul; Cagny-Cimetiere; Cagny-la Garenne 1; Cagny-la Garenne 2; Cagny-Ferme de l'Epinette; Cagny-l'Epinett ), France
(age between 0.8 Ma and 0.1 Ma based on ESR, U-Series, Paleomag) |
~452,500 years old
Locality: Gona Gawis, Gona, Ethiopia
(age between 0.78 Ma and 0.125 Ma based on Gross biochron, nothing official published yet) |
~452,500 years old
Locality: Revadim Quarry, north of Kibbutz Revadim, near Bet Hilqiyya, Israel
(age between 0.78 Ma and 0.125 Ma based on Normal geomagnetic polarity) |
~452,500 years old  
Locality: Tan Tan, Draa River north of town of Tan Tan (incorrect location decribed by Bednarik, 2003), Morocco
(age between 0.78 Ma and 0.125 Ma based on Archaeology) |
~453,000 years old
Locality: Zuttiyeh Cave, Wadi Amud, Hokuk , Israel
(age between 0.78 Ma and 0.126 Ma based on unspecified) |
~453,000 years old
Locality: Vaal River Powers site, Power's site and other adjacent localities (Pneil 6, Pneil 7, Riverview Estate, and Canteen Koppie), South Africa
(age between 0.78 Ma and 0.126 Ma based on Very rough biochron association with Elandsfontein) |
~453,000 years old
Locality: Doornlaagte, 41 km due west of Kimberley, beside
the road to Schmidtsdrif, South Africa
(age between 0.78 Ma and 0.126 Ma based on unspecified) |
~453,000 years old 
Locality: Altamura, Grotta di Lamalunga, Bari, Apulia, Italy
(age between 0.78 Ma and 0.126 Ma based on nothing) |
~455,000 years old
Locality: Ain Maarouf, Ain Maarouf, Morocco
(age between 0.78 Ma and 0.13 Ma based on Biochron, paleomag) |
~455,000 years old
Locality: Ternifine or Tighenif, (Tighenif), Algeria
(age between 0.78 Ma and 0.13 Ma based on Biochron, paleomag) |
~465,000 years old
Locality: Boxgrove, Amey's Eartham Pit, Boxgrove, West Sussex, England, Great Britain
(age between 0.53 Ma and 0.4 Ma based on Biochronological correlation to Oxygen Isotope Stage 13 or Oxygen Isotope Stage I I) |
~475,000 years old
Locality: Arago, eastern Pyrenees, France
(age between 0.6 Ma and 0.35 Ma based on U-series) |
~485,000 years old
Locality: Huludong Cave, Calabash Cave, Tangshan hills, east of Nanjing, China, China
(age between 0.62 Ma and 0.35 Ma based on various) |
~495,000 years old
Locality: Wonderwerk Cave; Major Unit 4 (Middle Fauresmith: Exc. 1 6 7a 7b; Exc. 2 5), Kuruman Hills, situated between Danielskuil and Kuruman in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa
(age between 0.510 Ma and 0.480 Ma based on Inferred from surrounding dated units) |
~500,000 years old
Locality: Olduvai Gorge Masek Beds, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
(age between 0.57 Ma and 0.43 Ma based on K-Ar) |
~500,000 years old
Locality: Vertesszollos, (Vértesszóllós) Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary
(age between 0.6 Ma and 0.4 Ma based on unspecified) |
~500,000 years old
Locality: Wadi Dagadle, Oued Dagadle, Djibouti
(age between 0.9 Ma and 0.1 Ma based on TL) |
~500,000 years old
Locality: Kocabaş or Kokobash, (Kokobash), Denizli province, western Anatolia, Turkey
(age between 0.515 Ma and 0.485 Ma based on thermoluminesence) |
~545,000 years old
Locality: Ndutu, (Naisiusiu) Olduvai, Tanzania
(age between 0.6 Ma and 0.49 Ma based on Broad bracket from units at Olduvai, correlation with Ngaloba beds (Laetoli) suggest age of about 130k) |
~547,500 years old
Locality: Kathu Pan 1 Stratum 3, Northern Cape, South Africa
(age between 0.680 Ma and 0.415 Ma based on OSL, U-series, ESR) |
~547,500 years old
Locality: Olorgesaille Member 12, Southern Kenya Rift, Kenya
(age between 0.604 Ma and 0.491 Ma based on Ar-Ar) |
~550,000 years old
Locality: Yediyapur Locality IV, Baichbal Valley, Gulbargai District of
Karnataka, South India, India
(age between 1 Ma and 0.1 Ma based on nothing) |
~550,000 years old
Locality: Menchecourt, Somme Valley, Abbeville, France
(age between 1 Ma and 0.1 Ma based on ESR, U-Series, Paleomag) |
~555,000 years old
Locality: Kapthurin K3; K2; and upper K1, Kapthurin K3, K2, and upper K1, Kapthurin Formation, Kenya
(age between 0.601 Ma and 0.509 Ma based on Ar-Ar (!!base of unit K1 is below 601k Ar-Ar date); Tron & McBrearty, Tephrostratigraphy and the Acheulian to
Middle Stone Age transition in the
Kapthurin Formation, Kenya, Journal of Human Evolution (2002) 42, 211?235
doi:10.1006/jhev.2001.0513
Available online at http://www.idealibrary.) |
~586,000 years old
Locality: Thomas Quarries Grotte des Rhinocéros, Thomas Quarries, Oulad Hamida Quarry, Casablanca, Morocco
(age between 0.737 Ma and 0.435 Ma based on ESR) |
~590,000 years old
Locality: Cave of Hearths Bed 1-3, Makapansgat, northern Transvaal, South Africa
(age between 0.780 Ma and 0.400 Ma based on ESR on Bed 3 mandible and paleomag) |
~600,000 years old
Locality: Kebibat (Rabat), Mifsud-Giudice Quarry, near Rabat, Morocco
(age between 1 Ma and 0.2 Ma based on U-series, Biochron) |
~600,000 years old
Locality: Bodo, Middle Awash area, (lower Middle Pleistocene levels), Ethiopia
(age between 0.68 Ma and 0.52 Ma based on K-AR) |
~609,000 years old
Locality: Mauer, Heidelberg, Germany
(age between 0.649 Ma and 0.569 Ma based on ombined electron spin resonance/U-series method used with mammal teeth and infrared radiofluorescence applied to sand grains) |
~615,000 years old
Locality: Pakefield, Cromer Forest-bed Formation, England, Great Britain
(age between 0.780 Ma and 0.450 Ma based on Event and lithostratigraphy, palaeomagnetism, amino acid geochronology and biostratigraphy) |
~615,500 years old
Locality: Atapuerca Sima de los Huesos, Atapuerca, Spain
(age between 0.668 Ma and 0.563 Ma based on U series) |
~630,000 years old
Locality: Wonderwerk Cave; Major Unit 5 (Exc. 1 8a-e), Kuruman Hills, situated between Danielskuil and Kuruman in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa
(age between 0.78 Ma and 0.480 Ma based on Inferred from surrounding dated units) |
~630,000 years old
Locality: Wonderwerk Cave; Major Unit 6 (Exc. 1 9a-f), Kuruman Hills, situated between Danielskuil and Kuruman in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa
(age between 0.78 Ma and 0.480 Ma based on Inferred from surrounding dated units) |
~650,000 years old
Locality: Maayan Barukh, (El Hamari, Hamara) northern
Hula Valley between Kibbutz Ma'ayan Barukh and Kfar
Yuval, Israel
(age between 0.9 Ma and 0.4 Ma based on BIochron) |
~675,000 years old
Locality: Olduvai Gorge Bed IV, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
(age between 0.78 Ma and 0.57 Ma based on K-Ar) |
~700,000 years old 
Locality: Gesher Benot Yaakov, Dead Sea Rift, Israel
(age between 0.8 Ma and 0.6 Ma based on paleomagnetism, biochronology) |
~750,000 years old
Locality: Mount Pua (Mt. Pua), Central Dishon Valley, Upper Galilee, Israel
(age between 1.5 Ma and 0 Ma based on nothing) |
~750,000 years old
Locality: Isenya or Isinya, (Isinya) Athi Plains, Ethiopia
(age between 1 Ma and 0.5 Ma based on Biostrat correlation to Bed IV Olduvai) |
~750,050 years old
Locality: Attirampakkam, Tamil Nadu, India
(age between 1.5 Ma and 0.0001 Ma based on archaeology) |
~760,000 years old
Locality: Solana del Zamborino, , Spain
(age between 0.77 Ma and 0.75 Ma based on biochron and paleomag) |
~770,000 years old 
Locality: Zhoukoudian Locality 15, Zhoukoudian, China
(age between 0.85 Ma and 0.69 Ma based on 26Al/10Be burial dating) |
~775,000 years old
Locality: Yunxian County, Yunxian site, Hubei province, China
(age between 1 Ma and 0.55 Ma based on ESR and Paleomag.) |
~780,050 years old
Locality: Wonderwerk Cave; Major Unit 7 (Exc 1 10a 10b), Kuruman Hills, situated between Danielskuil and Kuruman in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa
(age between 0.7801 Ma and 0.78 Ma based on Paleomag; correlation with MIS 19) |
~783,500 years old
Locality: Bose Basin paleolithic sites, Fengshudao; Youjiang River surface collections and excavations: Shangsong; Dongzeng; Hengshandao; Dawan; Shazhou; Yangwu; Cimu; Nanposhan; Jiangfeng and Datong; Bogu; Dafa; Xiaguo; Xiaomei and Nalian; Damei; Laikui; Nayin (cave); Napo; Pinghepo; Sanlei; Xinzhou; Ganlian; Bodu; Gaolingpo; Silin , China
(age between 0.823 Ma and 0.744 Ma based on K-Ar on associated volcanics) |
~790,500 years old
Locality: Melka Kontoure, (Melka Kunture) Gombore II , Garba XIII Acheulean, Ethiopia
(age between 0.885 Ma and 0.696 Ma based on Ar-Ar) |
~800,000 years old
Locality: Saldanha, (Elandsfontein, Hopefield), Cape Province, South Africa
(age between 1 Ma and 0.6 Ma based on Biochron) |
~818,500 years old
Locality: Atapuerca Gran Dolina (TD 6 level), Atapuerca, Spain
(age between 0.857 Ma and 0.78 Ma based on U-series, ESR, Biochron, paleomag) |
~830,000 years old
Locality: Swartkrans Member 3, Swartkrans, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
(age between 1.04 Ma and 0.62 Ma based on U-Pb on teeth) |
~840,000 years old
Locality: Trinil, Bapang Formation, Java, Indonesia
(age between 0.89 Ma and 0.79 Ma based on K-Ar) |
~840,000 years old
Locality: Bapang Formation, Sangiran, Java, Indonesia
(age between 0.89 Ma and 0.79 Ma based on K-Ar) |
~885,000 years old
Locality: Estrecho del Quipar, Cueva Negra de Estrecho del RÃo QuÃpar, Spain
(age between 0.99 Ma and 0.78 Ma based on paleomag) |
~890,000 years old
Locality: Evron Quarry, Kibbutz Evron, Israel
(age between 1 Ma and 0.78 Ma based on paleomag) |
~890,000 years old
Locality: Dursunlu, Ilgin, Turkey
(age between 1.0 Ma and 0.780 Ma based on paleomag) |
~900,000 years old
Locality: Makuyuni Upper Manyara Beds, Upper Manyara Beds (Makuyuni Beds), Tanzania
(age between 1.3 Ma and 0.5 Ma based on Biostrat (very rough)) |
~915,000 years old
Locality: Isampur, Hunsgi valley (Hunsgi-Baichbal valleys), India
(age between 1.2 Ma and 0.63 Ma based on ESR on teeth.) |
~975,000 years old
Locality: Olduvai Gorge Bed III, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
(age between 1.17 Ma and 0.78 Ma based on K-Ar) |
~983,000 years old
Locality: Olorgesaille Member 1, Southern Kenya Rift, Kenya
(age between 0.992 Ma and 0.974 Ma based on K-Ar) |
~989,000 years old
Locality: Thomas Quarries, Oulad Hamida Quarry, Casablanca, Morocco
(age between 1.197 Ma and 0.781 Ma based on OSL) |
~1,000,000 years old
Locality: Buia, Danikil Depression, Eritrea
(age between 1.1 Ma and 0.9 Ma based on Biochron/ paleomag) |
~1,000,000 years old
Locality: Kedung Brubus, (Kedungbrubus), Kendeng Hills, Java, Indonesia
(age between 1.5 Ma and 0.5 Ma based on Correlation to other sites with better known ages. Dating very imprecise) |
~1,000,000 years old
Locality: Sunjiadong, Luoyang, Luanchuan County, Henan, China, China
(age between 1.8 Ma and 0.2 Ma based on No basis) |
~1,019,000 years old
Locality: Middle Awash Daka Member, Middle Awash area, Bouri Formation, Ethiopia
(age between 1.04 Ma and 0.998 Ma based on K-AR, Paleomag) |
~1,020,000 years old
Locality: Xiaochangliang, Nihewan Basin, China
(age between 1.26 Ma and 0.78 Ma based on Paleomag) |
~1,055,000 years old
Locality: Koobi Fora Lower Chari Member, Koobi Fora Formation, East Lake Turkana, Kenya
(age between 1.38 Ma and 0.73 Ma based on K-Ar) |
~1,075,000 years old
Locality: Gadeb, southeast rift margin, Upper Webi Shebele Basin
, Ethiopia
(age between 1.45 Ma and 0.7 Ma based on Potassium-Argon) |
~1,075,000 years old
Locality: Omo Member L, Omo Shungura, northern Lake Turkana, Ethiopia
(age between 1.37 Ma and 0.78 Ma based on K-Ar, paleomag) |
~1,090,000 years old
Locality: Xiaodukou, Nihewan Basin, China
(age between 1.78 Ma and 0.4 Ma based on Paleomag) |
~1,100,000 years old
Locality: Yuanmou, Shangnabang, China
(age between 1.7 Ma and 0.5 Ma based on Biochronology and paleomagnetism) |
~1,125,000 years old
Locality: Makuyuni Lower Manyara Beds, Lower Manyara Beds (Makuyuni Beds), Tanzania
(age between 1.5 Ma and 0.75 Ma based on Biostrat (very rough)) |
~1,150,000 years old 
Locality: Peninj, Humbu Formation, West Lake Natron, Tanazia
(age between 1.2 Ma and 1.1 Ma based on Ar-Ar) |
~1,150,000 years old
Locality: Busidima North and Asbole, Gona, Dikika, Hadar, Ethiopia
(age between 1.4 Ma and 0.9 Ma based on K-Ar, paleomag, and deposition rate estimates) |
~1,150,000 years old
Locality: Atapuerca Sima del Elefante, Atapuerca, Spain
(age between 1.2 Ma and 1.1 Ma based on combination of palaeomagnetism,
cosmogenic nuclides and biostratigraphy) |
~1,150,500 years old
Locality: Gongwangling, Gongwang Village, east of Lantian, China
(age between 1.151 Ma and 1.15 Ma based on rough stratigraphic inference mixed with Paleomag) |
~1,161,500 years old
Locality: Donggutuo, Nihewan Basin, China
(age between 1.204 Ma and 1.119 Ma based on Paleomag) |
~1,300,000 years old
Locality: Kilombe, Kilombe Volcano, between Lake Victoria and Nairobi, Kenya
(age between 1.8 Ma and 0.8 Ma based on ) |
~1,340,000 years old
Locality: West Turkana upper Natoo Member, Natoo Member (upper), Nachukui Formation, Kenya
(age between 1.38 Ma and 1.3 Ma based on K-Ar) |
~1,350,000 years old
Locality: Kanjera, Winam Bay, Lake Vicotria, Near Mount Homa, Kenya
(age between 2.2 Ma and 0.5 Ma based on ) |
~1,360,000 years old 
Locality: Swartkrans Member 2, Swartkrans, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
(age between 1.65 Ma and 1.07 Ma based on U-Pb on teeth) |
~1,370,000 years old
Locality: Wonderwerk Cave; Major Unit 8 (Exc. 1 11), Kuruman Hills, situated between Danielskuil and Kuruman in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa
(age between 1.96 Ma and 0.78 Ma based on Paleomag; Inferred from surrounding dated units) |
~1,370,000 years old
Locality: Wonderwerk Cave; Major Unit 9 (Exc. 1 12a-c), Kuruman Hills, situated between Danielskuil and Kuruman in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa
(age between 1.96 Ma and 0.78 Ma based on Paleomag and Al-Be radiometric dating) |
~1,400,000 years old
Locality: Perning or Mojokerto, upper Pucangan Formation, Indonesia
(age between 1.8 Ma and 1 Ma based on K-Ar (but not problems with provenience) |
~1,405,000 years old
Locality: Konso Karat Member, Konso-Gardula, Ethiopia
(age between 1.41 Ma and 1.4 Ma based on K-Ar) |
~1,460,000 years old
Locality: Olduvai Gorge Bed II, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
(age between 1.75 Ma and 1.17 Ma based on K-Ar) |
~1,460,000 years old
Locality: Omo Member K, Member K, Omo Shungura, northern Lake Turkana, Ethiopia
(age between 1.53 Ma and 1.39 Ma based on K-Ar) |
~1,470,000 years old
Locality: West Turkana Nariokotome III Kaitio Member, West Turkana, Kenya
(age between 1.55 Ma and 1.39 Ma based on K-Ar) |
~1,500,000 years old
Locality: Ubeidiya, Jordan Valley, Israel
(age between 1.6 Ma and 1.4 Ma based on Biochron) |
~1,520,000 years old
Locality: Koobi Fora Okote Member, Koobi Fora Formation, Kenya
(age between 1.53 Ma and 1.51 Ma based on K-Ar) |
~1,565,000 years old
Locality: Konso Kayle Member, Konso-Gardula, Ethiopia
(age between 1.72 Ma and 1.41 Ma based on K-Ar) |
~1,567,000 years old
Locality: Ileret (KBS Member), KBS Member, Ileret East Turkana, Kenya
(age between 1.607 Ma and 1.527 Ma based on Ar-Ar) |
~1,615,000 years old
Locality: Vaal River Rietputs Formation, Rietputs Formation, Windsorton, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
(age between 1.89 Ma and 1.34 Ma based on An absolute dating technique based on the build-up and decay of 26Al and 10Be in the mineral quartz) |
~1,625,000 years old
Locality: Majuangou, (lowest level) Nihewan basin, northern China, China
(age between 1.7 Ma and 1.55 Ma based on Paleomag) |
~1,635,000 years old
Locality: Omo Member J, Member J, Omo Shungura, northern Lake Turkana, Ethiopia
(age between 1.74 Ma and 1.53 Ma based on K-Ar) |
~1,650,000 years old 
Locality: Coopers Cave, Sterkfontein Valley, South Africa
(age between 1.9 Ma and 1.4 Ma based on Biostrat and Uranium-series) |
~1,700,000 years old 
Locality: Dmanisi, southwest of Tbilisi eastern Georgia, Georgia
(age between 1.8 Ma and 1.6 Ma based on K-Ar, paleomag) |
~1,710,000 years old
Locality: Chesowanja, Chemoigut Formation, Lake Baringo Area, Kenya
(age between 2 Ma and 1.42 Ma based on K-Ar) |
~1,725,000 years old 
Locality: Kokiselei Lower Kaitio Member, West Turkana, Kokiselei, Kenya
(age between 1.8 Ma and 1.65 Ma based on K-Ar, paleomag, strat iterp) |
~1,745,000 years old 
Locality: Koobi Fora KBS Member, Koobi Fora Formation, East Lake Turkana, Kenya
(age between 1.87 Ma and 1.62 Ma based on K-Ar) |
~1,750,000 years old
Locality: Kromdraai, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
(age between 2 Ma and 1.5 Ma based on Biochron, paleomag, ESR) |
~1,785,000 years old
Locality: Lezignan-le-Cebe, Hérault Valley, France
(age between 2 Ma and 1.57 Ma based on Ar-Ar) |
~1,830,000 years old
Locality: Swartkrans Member 1 (Hanging remnant and Lower Bank), Swartkrans, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
(age between 2.21 Ma and 1.45 Ma based on U-Pb on teeth) |
~1,830,000 years old
Locality: Drimolen, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
(age between 2.21 Ma and 1.45 Ma based on Faunal correlation with Swartkrans Member 1) |
~1,900,000 years old
Locality: Nyabusosi, Western Rift near Lake Albert, Uganda
(age between 2.3 Ma and 1.5 Ma based on Biostrat correlation to Omo Shungura G, lower hominid-bearing unit unly) |
~1,950,000 years old
Locality: Sterkfontein Member 5, Sterkfontein, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
(age between 2.5 Ma and 1.4 Ma based on Fauna, artifact content) |
~2,840,000 years old 
Locality: Sterkfontein Member 4, Sterkfontein, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
(age between 4.18 Ma and 1.5 Ma based on Biochron and Paleomag) |
~4,400,500 years old 
Locality: Middle Awash Aramis Member, Middle Awash area, DABT-GATC localities (ARA 1, 6, 17; KUS 2; SAG 6, 7), Sagantole Formation, Ethiopia
(age between 04.401 Ma and 04.4 Ma based on K-Ar) |
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