U-series dating of Locality 15 at Zhoukoudian, China, and implications for hominid evolution

Quaternary Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 208-213

  Shen, Guanjun J ^a   Gao, Xing ^b   Zhao, Jian Xin ^c   Collerson, Kenneth D ^c  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human evolution; Locality 15; Paleolithic; Speleothem; U series dating; Zhoukoudian

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; PALEOLITHIC; SPELEOTHEM; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

HOMINIDAE; HOMO; HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 4644308386     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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