New Archeological Evidence for the Earliest Hominin Presence in China

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048190355, 2010, Pages 87-95

  Hou, Ya Mei ^a   Zhao, Ling Xia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; early human evolution; Longgudong; Longgupo; Nihewan stone artifacts; Renzidong

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873318853     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9036-2_6     Document Type: Chapter

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