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New Magnetostratigraphic Dates of Lantian Homo erectus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

An Zhisheng  and
Ho Chuan Kun
An Zhisheng
Affiliation:
Xian Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology Academia Sinica, P.O. Box 17, Xian, The People's Republic of China
Ho Chuan Kun
Affiliation:
1003 East Hellman Avenue No. 45, Monterey Park, California 91754
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Abstract

Skeletal remains of Homo erectus found in Pleistocene loess at two sites near Lantian in central China are of greatly different geologic age. The cranium found in the fossil-bearing strata at Gongwangling is about 1.15 myr old whereas the remains found at the Chenjiawo locality in middle Pleistocene loess are about 0.65 myr old. The dating is based on new paleomagnetic polarity determinations and on the lithostratigraphic position of the fossils in the loess-paleosol sequence. Our results confirm that both localities are older than the first occupation of Zhoukoudian. New dates, palaeoenvironmental settings, and morphological features of the hominids from Lantian localities have significant bearing on the understanding of adaptive radiations of the middle and late hominids in Asia.

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Research Article
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Quaternary Research , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , September 1989 , pp. 213 - 221
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University of Washington

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