Discovery of a Pliocene stone tool at Yuxian, Hebei Province  

作　　者：TANG Yingjun CHEN Wanyong CHEN Chun 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100044,China [2]Fudan University,Shanghai 200433,China

出　　处：《Chinese Science Bulletin》2000年第4期380-383,共4页

摘　　要：The stone tool discovered at Danangou valley of Dongyaozitou village, Yuxian, is the earliest stone tool, the specimen is powerful evidence about the origin of the human culture and the historical age from the ancient ape to the human belng. According to the comprehensive studies about the strata, the age was considered to be of Pliocene (about 3 milllon years) and therefore, the discovery possessed great scientific and theoretical significance.The stone tool discovered at Danangou valley of Dongyaozitou village, Yuxian, is the earliest stone tool, the specimen is powerful evidence about the origin of the human culture and the historical age from the ancient ape to the human being. According to the comprehensive studies about the strata, the age was considered to be of Pliocene (about 3 million years) and therefore, the discovery possessed great scientific and theoretical significance.

关 键 词：Yuxian PLIOCENE Palaeolith. 

分 类 号：Q981[天文地球—古生物学与地层学]