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The karst depressions overlooking the archaeological layer were dated using the uranium-thorium method to approximately 220,000 years ago, making the prehistoric findings from this period or even older. Similar findings from Layer E in Tabun Cave nearby were dated to between 400,000 and 250,000 years
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164:Site notes
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