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Age of Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanganyika.

LEAKEY, Louis Seymour Bazett (1903 – 1972) Wikipedia

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Publication Details

Nature, 191, 478-79. 1961 CE.

Introduction of the potassium-argon dating method to paleoanthropology, showing that lava at the base of the site of Olduvai Gorge was about 1.8 million years old, and proving that fossils, Australopithecus (Zinjanthropus) boisei, found in Olduvai Bed 1 dated from this time. With J.F. Evernden and G.H. Curtis.

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Entry Number	#214.2
Permanent Link	https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/8937
Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
External URL	age-of-bed-i-olduvai-gorge-tanganyika