Radiometric dating of the type-site for Homo heidelbergensis at Mauer, Germany
The Mauer mandible, holotype of Homo heidelbergensis, was found in 1907 in fluvial sands deposited by the Neckar River 10 km southeast of Heidelberg, Germany. The fossil is an important key to understanding early human occupation of Europe north of the Alps. Given the associated mammal fauna and the...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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October 15, 2010
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Year: 2010, Volume: 107, Issue: 46, Pages: 19726-19730 |
| ISSN: | 1091-6490 |
| DOI: | 10.1073/pnas.1012722107 |
| Online Access: | Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1012722107 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1012722107 
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| Author Notes: | Günther A. Wagner, Matthias Krbetschek, Detlev Degering, Jean-Jacques Bahain, Qingfeng Shao, Christophe Falguères, Pierre Voinchet, Jean-Michel Dolo, Tristan Garcia, and G. Philip Rightmire |
| Summary: | The Mauer mandible, holotype of Homo heidelbergensis, was found in 1907 in fluvial sands deposited by the Neckar River 10 km southeast of Heidelberg, Germany. The fossil is an important key to understanding early human occupation of Europe north of the Alps. Given the associated mammal fauna and the geological context, the find layer has been placed in the early Middle Pleistocene, but confirmatory chronometric evidence has hitherto been missing. Here we show that two independent techniques, the combined electron spin resonance/U-series method used with mammal teeth and infrared radiofluorescence applied to sand grains, date the type-site of Homo heidelbergensis at Mauer to 609 ± 40 ka. ... |
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| ISSN: | 1091-6490 |
| DOI: | 10.1073/pnas.1012722107 |