The australopithecine fossils from Kanapoi have been dated by the 40Ar/39Ar method to around:

A. 5.10 million B.P.
B. 4.15 million B.P.
C. 3.77 million B.P.
D. 3.15 million B.P.


B. 4.15 million B.P.

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