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Science 25 April 2003:
Vol. 300. no. 5619, p. 562
DOI: 10.1126/science.300.5619.562
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ANTHROPOLOGY:
Great Age Suggested for South African Hominids

Ann Gibbons

A promising new method used to date the retreat of glaciers has been tested in the Sterkfontein Caves, the resting place of the most complete early hominid skeleton. On page 607, researchers conclude that this skeleton and newly discovered hominids at nearby Jacovec Cavern are a stunningly ancient 4 million years old.

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U-Pb Isotopic Age of the StW 573 Hominid from Sterkfontein, South Africa.
J. Walker, R. A. Cliff, and A. G. Latham (2006)
Science 314, 1592-1594
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