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New cosmogenic burial ages for Sterkfontein Member 2 Australopithecus and Member 5 Oldowan

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  • Darryl E. Granger

    (Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University)

  • Ryan J. Gibbon

    (University of New Brunswick)

  • Kathleen Kuman

    (Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
    School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand)

  • Ronald J. Clarke

    (Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand)

  • Laurent Bruxelles

    (School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
    French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap)
    University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès, UMR 5608 du CNRS (TRACES), Maison de la Recherche)

  • Marc W. Caffee

    (Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University
    Purdue University)

Abstract

Isochron burial dating with cosmogenic nuclides 26Al and 10Be shows that the skeleton of the australopithecine individual known as ‘Little Foot’ is around 3.67 million years old, coeval with early Australopithecus from East Africa; a manuport dated to 2.18 million years ago from the Oldowan tool assemblage conforms with the oldest age previously suggested by fauna.

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  • Darryl E. Granger & Ryan J. Gibbon & Kathleen Kuman & Ronald J. Clarke & Laurent Bruxelles & Marc W. Caffee, 2015. "New cosmogenic burial ages for Sterkfontein Member 2 Australopithecus and Member 5 Oldowan," Nature, Nature, vol. 522(7554), pages 85-88, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:522:y:2015:i:7554:d:10.1038_nature14268
    DOI: 10.1038/nature14268
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