Apidima Cave A, Griechenland


Fundort: Apidima Cave A, Griechenland, Lakonia, Griechenland
Taxon: Homo neanderthalensis aus der Familie Hominidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils,mesofossils, The Apidima caves are karstic formations within the Middle Triassic-Late Eocene limestone (Plattenkalk) of depth 500m, from 4m to 24m above sea level, in a vertical zone of depth 20m. Very thick and cohesive breccia up to 23m above sea level. Dated using ESR on travertine calcite and fossils - two samples with dates of 250-450,000 and 200-300,000BP. "As the Apidima fauna is stratigraphically mixed, careful interpretation is required", Quaternary terrestrial deposits are represented, in some places, by very cohesive cemented breccias, sometimes with fossils; and scree and talus cones compacted during the Mindel, Riss and Wurm. The Apidima caves are karstic formations within the Middle Triassic-Late Eocene limestone (Plattenhalk).
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 0,0117 und 0,781 Millionen Jahre aus der Formation in Griechenland
Geologie, Sratigraphie Middle Pleistocene, Late Pleistocene / Middle Pleistocene /
Koordinaten: 37° 0 ' 0 '' N, 22° 34 ' 59 '' O

Literatur

K. Harvati, C. Roding, A. M. Bosman, F. A. Karakostis, R. Grün, C. Stringer, P. Karkanas, N. C. Thompson, V. Koutoulidis, L. A. Moulopoulos, V. G. Gorgoulis, M. Kouloukoussa 2019, Apidima Cave fossils provide earliestevidence of Homo sapiens in Eurasia. Nature. 571, p. 500 - 504, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1376-z

Systematik