The Hertosamples wereanalyzedby PaulRenneof the Berkeley GeochronologyCenterand in BillHart'slabatMiamiUniversity. The results gave an age of 160, 000 to 154, 000 yearsfor the skull.
"Synchronous to within a gnat's eyebrow" according to Professor Paul Renne from the Berkeley Geochronology Centre, who argues that the asteroid clearly played a major role in global extinctions.