@article{fdi:010052666,
  title = {{E}arly {P}leistocene presence of {A}cheulian hominins in {S}outh {I}ndia},
  author = {{P}appu, {S}. and {G}unnell, {Y}. and {A}khilesh, {K}. and {B}raucher, {R}. and {T}aieb, {M}. and {D}emory, {F}. and {T}houveny, {N}icolas},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}outh {A}sia is rich in {L}ower {P}aleolithic {A}cheulian sites. {T}hese have been attributed to the {M}iddle {P}leistocene on the basis of a small number of dates, with a few older but disputed age estimates. {H}ere, we report new ages from the excavated site of {A}ttirampakkam, where paleomagnetic measurements and direct {A}l-26/{B}e-10 burial dating of stone artifacts now position the earliest {A}cheulian levels as no younger than 1.07 million years ago ({M}a), with a pooled average age of 1.51 +/- 0.07 {M}a. {T}hese results reveal that, during the {E}arly {P}leistocene, {I}ndia was already occupied by hominins fully conversant with an {A}cheulian technology including handaxes and cleavers among other artifacts. {T}his implies that a spread of bifacial technologies across {A}sia occurred earlier than previously accepted.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}cience},
  volume = {331},
  numero = {6024},
  pages = {1596--1599},
  ISSN = {0036-8075},
  year = {2011},
  DOI = {10.1126/science.1200183},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010052666},
}