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Approximate age:3,325,000 years old=average of minimum (3.25 Ma) and maximum (3.4 Ma)

Date based on: K-Ar See map of sites with similar ages

Dating reference: Alemseged, Z., Spoor, F., Kimbel, W. H., Bobe, R., Geraads, D., Reed, D., et al. (2006). A juvenile early hominin skeleton from Dikika, Ethiopia. NATURE-LONDON-, 443(7109), 296.

Hominids: Australopithecus afarensis       

Archaeology:      

Important specimens: Dikika child,

Notes: Wynn et al. 2006 doi:10.1038/nature05048; Coordinates based on projection from map in this pulication. Highly contested claim of earliest stone tool cut marks based on surface collected tools that are probably crocodile bite marks. McPherron, S. P., Alemseged, Z., Marean, C. W., Wynn, J. G., Reed, D., Geraads, D., et al. Evidence for stone-tool-assisted consumption of animal tissues before 3.39 million years ago at Dikika, Ethiopia. Nature, 466(7308), 857-860.

Location: Dikika, Hadar Formation, Ethiopia
Map location/coordinates reference: Alemseged, Z., Spoor, F., Kimbel, W. H., Bobe, R., Geraads, D., Reed, D., et al. (2006). A juvenile early hominin skeleton from Dikika, Ethiopia. NATURE-LONDON-, 443(7109), 296.

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