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Latitude : 45.17°N 45° 1’ Elevation : 606 m
Longitude : 21.83°E 21° 50’
Age : 40500 ±1000 BP    
Description : "Peștera cu Oase (The Cave with Bones) is a system of 12 karstic galleries and chambers located N. 45° 01’; E. 21° 50’ in southwestern Romania, where the oldest early modern human remains in Europe (40,500 years old) have been discovered."

"Two laboratories independently yielded radiocarbon dates of about 35,000 BCE years, or about 40,500 years in calibrated, calendar years for the inferior jaw.[2] Congruent discrete traits and overall proportions of the fossil “Oase 1” revealed specific modern human attributes, placing it close to European early modern humans among Late Pleistocene samples. The fossil belongs to the few findings in Europe which could be directly dated and is considered the oldest known early modern human fossil from Europe.[1] From a location close to the Iron Gates in the Danubian corridor, it may represent one of the earliest modern human populations to have entered Europe." - Wikipedia
Type : Human adaptation Human adaptation
 
Data Link : BBC: Human fossils set European record
Wikipedia : Peştera cu Oase
Posted : 2011-04-27 10:12:32 2011-04-27 10:15:18
Contact : Ken Wallace
 
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