Science · Research & investigation
Daniel Richter
Archaeological dating researcher
Who they are
Daniel Richter conducted thermoluminescence dating for the Jebel Irhoud research and co-wrote the 2017 dating study. The analysis of heated flints supplied an age estimate for deposits associated with the human fossils. His role links excavation and anatomical interpretation with a physical method for establishing when the archaeological material was deposited.
He contributes the chronology behind the timeline’s early Homo sapiens entry, where age estimates and their uncertainty are central.
Selected contributions
- Conducted thermoluminescence dating and co-wrote the Jebel Irhoud dating study.Source ↗
Selected works
Academic paper · 2017 · Peer-reviewed article
The age of the hominin fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, and the origins of the Middle Stone Age
The dating study uses heated flints and associated evidence to estimate the age of Jebel Irhoud’s fossil-bearing deposits. It supplies the chronology that accompanies the team’s separate anatomical study.
Reading scope & citation
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In the timeline
- c. 315,000 years agoEarly Homo sapiens evidence at Jebel Irhoud
Biography sources
- The age of the hominin fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, and the origins of the Middle Stone Age ↗Nature; author-hosted PDF, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology