U-series dating of Liujiang hominid site in Guangxi, Southern China

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 817-829

  Shen, Guanjun ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Wang, Qian ^a   Zhao, Jianxin ^a   Collerson, Kenneth ^a   Zhou, Chunlin ^a   Tobias, Phillip V ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National History Museum   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Liujiang hominid; Origin of modern humans; Speleothem calcite; U series dating

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; PLEISTOCENE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; TONGTIANYAN CAVE;

HOMINIDAE; HOMO; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 0036929589     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2002.0601     Document Type: Article

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