Confirmation of a late middle Pleistocene age for the Omo Kibish 1 cranium by direct uranium-series dating

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 704-710

  Aubert, Maxime ^a,e   Pike, Alistair W G ^b   Stringer, Chris ^c   Bartsiokas, Antonis ^d   Kinsley, Les ^a   Eggins, Stephen ^a   Day, Michael ^d   Grün, Rainer ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa; Ethiopia; Homo sapiens; Laser ablation; Oldest anatomically modern humans

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ANATOMY; CRANIUM; FOSSIL; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ETHIOPIA;

HOMO SAPIENS; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84867451185     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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