Early human cultural and skeletal remains from guitarrero cave, northern peru

Science. 1970 Sep 25;169(3952):1307-9. doi: 10.1126/science.169.3952.1307.

Abstract

An early man site in highland Peru yielded a rich cultural assemblage in stratigraphic association with faunal remains, botanical remains, and campfire remnants that furnished secure radiocarbon dates. A human mandible and teeth, showing interesting patterns of occlusal wear, were found in a stratum dated by a charcoal sample to 10,610 B.C., the oldest such date in South America.