The ancient Mediterranean was once dried up around6~5.3million years ago.It is a landmark event,which had great impact on global environment and climate.However,few references are available in the literatures on this ...
supported by National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2006CB806400);International Cooperation Program of MST of China (Grant No. 2007DFB 20330);State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS) (Grant No. 09311)
Ten thousands of bone fragments were recovered from the Ma’anshan Paleolithic site, of which 4358 pieces can be identified to skeletal elements or species. In this research, the bone assemblages are quantified based ...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40472106 , 40572104) ; the Major Basic Research Projects of Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2006CB806400).
For the past 20 years the modern hu- man origins debate has received a significant amount of attention in paleoanthropological research. Primar- ily supported by the evidence of earlier dates of anatomically modern hu...
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.
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 a...
the National Key Research Project of China(Grant No.95-01);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.40002003); the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.970402).
Preliminary study on enamel microstructure of 5 lower permanent incisors of Late Mio-cene Yuanmou hominoids was conducted using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The enamel incremental markings, as well as perikym...
From Ganqian (Tubo) Cave a total of 17 hominid teeth attributed to late Homo sapiens has been collected along with an abundance of mammalian fossils. The fossiliferous deposits are bracketed by the capping and second ...
A fossil hominid skull was found in Longtan Cave, Hexian County, Anhui Province, on November 4, 1980, the first of its kind discovered in South China. In 1973, some vertebrate fossils were found near the site on the n...