When did hominids first leave Africa?: New high-resolution magnetostratigraphy from the Erk-el-Ahmar Formation, Israel

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Research Article| October 01, 2001 When did hominids first leave Africa?: New high-resolution magnetostratigraphy from the Erk-el-Ahmar Formation, Israel Hagai Ron; Hagai Ron 1Geophysical Institute of Israel, Lod 71100, Israel Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Shaul Levi Shaul Levi 2College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Hagai Ron 1Geophysical Institute of Israel, Lod 71100, Israel Shaul Levi 2College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 27 Dec 2000 Revision Received: 16 May 2001 Accepted: 04 Jun 2001 First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (2001) 29 (10): 887–890. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0887:WDHFLA>2.0.CO;2 Article history Received: 27 Dec 2000 Revision Received: 16 May 2001 Accepted: 04 Jun 2001 First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Hagai Ron, Shaul Levi; When did hominids first leave Africa?: New high-resolution magnetostratigraphy from the Erk-el-Ahmar Formation, Israel. Geology 2001;; 29 (10): 887–890. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0887:WDHFLA>2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract New paleomagnetic results from the Erk-el-Ahmar Formation, Israel, resolve age ambiguities of one of the oldest hominid sites outside Africa, where ancient Oldowan tools and artifacts were excavated. We identified in the section the upper and lower boundaries of the Olduvai subchron, and we conclude that these sediments were deposited between ca. 1.7 and 2.0 Ma. This result is consistent with the hypothesis that earliest hominid migrations from Africa to Eurasia during the early Paleolithic traversed the Levantine corridor. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.