Message #12334

[Aphrodite]

Which Interglacial?

Soon it was clear that the find was Pre-Ice Age, beginning speculation from which interglacial they originated. The find must be at least 74,000 years old, but could it be older? And if so, how much older?

During 1997 there was speculation of a much earlier date, but the main candidate now is the Eem Interglacial (130,000-120,000 BP). Also research still has not eliminated the possibility that the find could be from Saale I-II (220,000-200,000) or from the Holstein Interglacial (340,000-300,000 years ago). "The principal tool maker" is Homo neanderthalensis, " also the tool does not represent the classic mousterien- and levallois- technique, but more represents the pebble tools-implements, in particular Clacton-tools."



Models of Neandertals by Eirik Granqvist