On the age of Border Cave 5 human mandible
Date
2003
Authors
Grun, Rainer
Beaumont, Peter
Tobias, Phillip
Eggins, Stephen
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Academic Press
Abstract
An enamel fragment from the Border Cave 5 specimen was analysed with non-destructive ESR combined with laser ablation ICP-MS for uranium profiling. We obtained an age of 74 ± 5 ka which fits exactly into the chronological framework that has been previous
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Keywords: archaeological evidence; dating method; dentition; enamel; hominid; Quaternary; age determination; article; chemistry; fossil; human; mandible; methodology; physical anthropology; South Africa; tooth; Age Determination by Skeleton; Anthropology, Physical;
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Journal of Human Evolution
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