ESR dating of teeth from Garrod's Tabun cave collection

Twenty bovid teeth from Garrod's excavations at Tabun were analysed by electron spin resonance (ESR) to produce a chronology for layers B to E. The results suggest that layers B and C correlate with oxygen isotope stage 5, layer D relates to stage 6 (and possibly also to 5) and layer E correlates with stage 6 (and perhaps also with stage 7). These estimates imply that the Neanderthal hominids from layer C are close in age to the anatomically …