Archaeological timescale: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	archaeological chronology

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Chart showing locations and time ranges of hominin fossil deposits across sites in Ethiopia, Chad, Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa, with illustrations of Australopithecus and related hominin skulls placed along a timeline from about 6.5 to 1 million years ago.

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prehistoric archaeology