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Harold L. Dibble, 66, Penn archaeologist who led discovery of ‘world’s oldest child’

Dibble has led 11 excavation sites in France, Morocco, and Egypt over the past few decades, including one in 2009 in which the cranial bones of the "world's oldest child" dating back 108,000 years were discovered.

Harold L. Dibble, 66, an influential archaeologist who pioneered widely-used scientific methods in the field, died of pancreatic cancer on June 10 in the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania.
Harold L. Dibble, 66, an influential archaeologist who pioneered widely-used scientific methods in the field, died of pancreatic cancer on June 10 in the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania.Read moreThe Dibble Family
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