[NOW 1m+ YEARS OLDER!] Mrs Ples (A. africanus)

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Newly optimised, September 2017.

Photogrammetry modelling of moulded reconstruction of Mrs Ples (Australopithecus africanus), recorded with permission at Oxford Natural History Museum, November 9th 2013.

From The Guardian, June 28th, 2022:

“Based on previous measurements, Mrs Ples and other fossils found at a similar depth of the cave were estimated to be between 2.1 and 2.6m years old

For the latest study, the researchers used a technique called cosmogenic nuclide dating, which looked at levels of rare isotopes created when rocks containing quartz were hit by high-speed particles that arrived from outer space.

The researchers found that Mrs Ples and other fossils near her were between 3.4 and 3.7m years old.”