Confirmation of a near 400 ka age for the Yabrudian industry at Tabun Cave, Israel

The important Lower and Middle Palaeolithic site of Tabun has been previously dated using ESR, U-series and TL. ESR ages throughout the site are substantially younger than TL dates, although these methods have been shown to agree at other sites in Israel and elsewhere. All previous ESR dates have been obtained on museum specimens using only attached sediments for dosimetry. Here we report the first ESR and U-series analyses of a tooth found in …