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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
U-series dating of Liujiang hominid site in Guangxi, Southern China
Journal of Human Evolution, Volume 43, No. 6, Year 2002
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It has been established that modern humans were living in the Levant and Africa ca. 100 ka ago. Hitherto, this has contrasted with the situation in China where no unequivocal specimens of this species have been securely dated to more than 30 ka. Here we present the results of stratigraphic studies and U-series dating of the Tongtianyan Cave, the discovery site of the Liujiang hominid, which represents one of the few well-preserved fossils of modern Homo sapiens in China. The human fossils are inferred to come from either a refilling breccia or a primarily deposited gravel-bearing sandy clay layer. In the former case, which is better supported, the fossils would date to at least ∼ 68 ka, but more likely to ∼ 111-139 ka. Alternatively, they would be older than ∼ 153 ka. Both scenarios would make the Liujiang hominid one of the earliest modern humans in East Asia, possibly contemporaneous with the earliest known representatives from the Levant and Africa. Parallel studies on other Chinese localities have provided supporting evidence for the redating of Liujiang, which may have important implications for the origin of modern humans. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Shen, Guanjun
China, Nanjing
Nanjing Normal University
Wang, Wei
China, Nanjing
Nanjing Normal University
Zhao, Jianxin
China, Nanjing
Nanjing Normal University
Collerson, Kenneth David
China, Nanjing
Nanjing Normal University
Tobias, Phillip V.
China, Nanjing
Nanjing Normal University
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Citations: 133
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 1
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Doi:
10.1006/jhev.2002.0601
ISSN:
00472484