Ref ID:	23739
Ref Type:	Book Section
Authors:	Lingxia Zhao,
Title:	Earliest human evidence in China
Date:	2007
Source:	Recent Advances on Southeast Asian Paleoanthropology and Archaeology: Proceedings International Seminar on Southeast Asian Paleoanthropology
Place of Publication:	Yogyakarta
Publisher:	Laboratory of Bioanthropology and Palaeoanthropology, Faculty of Medicine, Gadjah Mada University
Notes:	Held July 23-25, 2007, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Abstract:	<p>The present paper aims to review and discuss briefly the earliest hominin fossil evidence important early Pleistocene sites in China, including two hominin fossil sites in Yuanmou and Jianshi and two archaeological sites in Wushan and Fanchang. All of them indicate the strong evidence of early hominin survival in southern China. In addition, southern China was also an important refuge for large hominoid since the late Miocene to late Pleistocene. <i>Lufengpithecus</i>, <i>Gigantopithecus</i>, <i>Pongo</i> and <i>Pongo</i>-like fossils represent the major members of hominoid in Southern China, some of which might be related to the early hominin origin in Asia.</p>
Date Created:	4/10/2008
Editors:	Indriati, Etty
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