Does anyone knows results from the new dating program from the Isimila Prehistoric Site in Tanzania?- of course without to give away too much, before a final publication.
The data of ca 260 k.a. from the 1970ies have never been validated with up-to-date methods, so far I know.
Regarding the revised data of Olorgesailie or Kalambo Falls. they may be older than originally estimated,
Thanks
JM
Here, in the late 1950s, amid a dramatic landscape of eroded sandstone pillars, archaeologists unearthed one of the most significant Stone Age finds ever identified. Tools found at the site – hammerstones, axeheads, flints and scrapers – are estimated to be between 60,000 and 100,000 years old.
Here, in the late 1950s, amid a dramatic landscape of eroded sandstone pillars, archaeologists unearthed one of the most significant Stone Age finds ever identified. Tools found at the site – hammerstones, axeheads, flints and scrapers – are estimated to be between 60,000 and 100,000 years old.
I am sceptic- the ESA of Isimila resembles other East African Megasites like Olorgesailie, dated to ca 900 ka .....
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