# Brumm 2016: Age and context of the oldest known hominin fossils from Flores

> Adam Brumm, Gerrit D. van den Bergh, Michael Storey et al., 2016. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The age of the Mata Menge fossils.

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# Age and context of the oldest known hominin fossils from Flores

Adam Brumm, Gerrit D. van den Bergh, Michael Storey et al., 2016. _Nature 534: 249-253_.

The Mata Menge fossil layer was deposited about 700,000 years ago (40Ar/39Ar and fission-track dates on bracketing tephra, with US-ESR on teeth), in a dry, open grassland setting, with stone tools much like those of Liang Bua.

**Homo floresiensis, the origin of the Flores "hobbits"** Articledoi: **[10.1038/nature17663](https://doi.org/10.1038/nature17663)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The age of the Mata Menge fossils.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[Mata Menge mandible fragment and teeth](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-floresiensis/artifacts/ART0CZNMWTA1MMC/mata-menge-mandible-fragment-and-teeth)

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[Mata Menge 40Ar/39Ar, fission-track and US-ESR dates (Brumm et al. 2016)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CZNMVBE63YC/mata-menge-40ar-39ar-fission-track-and-us-esr-dates-brumm-et)

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[Small-bodied hominins at Mata Menge](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-floresiensis/events/EVT0CZNMFME6R9K/small-bodied-hominins-at-mata-menge)

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[Adam Brumm](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-floresiensis/people/FIG0CZNMEX02QN9/adam-brumm)

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[Homo floresiensis, the origin of the Flores "hobbits"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-floresiensis)

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## Cite it

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Brumm, A., van den Bergh, G. D., Storey, M., Kurniawan, I., Alloway, B. V., Setiawan, R., Setiyabudi, E., & Grün, R. (2016). Age and context of the oldest known hominin fossils from Flores. Nature 534: 249-253. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature17663
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