Early Pleistocene hominid teeth recovered in Mohui cave in Bubing Basin, Guangxi, South China  

作　　者：WANG Wei Richard Potts HOU Yamei CHEN Yunfa WU Huaying YUAN Baoyin HUANG Weiwen 

机构地区：[1]Faculty of Earth Science, China University of Geoscience, Wuhan 430074, China [2]Natural History Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,Nanning 530012, China [3]Human Origins Program, National Museum of Natural History,S nfithsonian Institution, Washington DC 20560-0112, USA [4]Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China [5]Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100029, China

出　　处：《Chinese Science Bulletin》2005年第23期2777-2782,共6页

基　　金：This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.40163001);the Emergency Excavation Fund from the National Culture Relics Bureau of China;special funds of“Talents Project in the New Century”of the Guangxi Government(Grant No.2001216);the National Science Foundation,USA.

摘　　要：Two hominid teeth recovered in Mohui cave are morphologically distinguished from Australopithecus in Af-rica, but close to Homo erectus in China. These teeth are therefore provisionally assigned to Homo erectus. The associ-ated mammalian fauna include Gigantopithecus blacki, Nes-toritherium sp., Sus xiaozhu, Sus peii and Ailuropoda microta, which are typical early Pleistocene taxa in South China. The general characteristics of the Mohui faunal assemblage are similar to the Longgupo site, which is dated to 2 Ma, imply-ing a contemporaneity for the two sites. To date, compared with the discoveries in Africa, far fewer early Pleistocene hominid fossils have been recovered in Asia, and there are intensive controversies concerning their stratigraphic prove-nience and typological and temporal positions. The hominid fossils from Mohui cave, with their reliable biostratigraphic positions and distinct typological features, provide important evidence regarding the issue of early human origins and evo-lution.Two hominid teeth recovered in Mohui cave are morphologically distinguished from Australopithecus in Africa, but close to Homo erectus in China. These teeth are therefore provisionally assigned to Homo erectus. The associated mammalian fauna include Gigantopithecus blacki, Nestoritherium sp., Sus xiaozhu, Sus peii and Ailuropoda microta, which are typical early Pleistocene taxa in South China. The general characteristics of the Mohui faunal assemblage are similar to the Longgupo site, which is dated to 2 Ma, implying a contemporaneity for the two sites. To date, compared with the discoveries in Africa, far fewer early Pleistocene hominid fossils have been recovered in Asia, and there are intensive controversies concerning their stratigraphic provenience and typological and temporal positions. The hominid fossils from Mohui cave, with their reliable biostratigraphic positions and distinct typological features, provide important evidence regarding the issue of early human origins and evolution.

关 键 词：原始人类 牙齿 石器时代 早期前寒武纪 哺乳动物区系 广西 中国 

分 类 号：Q981[天文地球—古生物学与地层学]