Mass spectrometric U-series dating of huanglong cave in hubei province, central china: evidence for early presence of modern humans in eastern asia

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 162-167

  Shen, Guanjun ^a   Wu, Xianzhu ^b   Wang, Qian ^c   Tu, Hua ^a   Feng, Yue xing ^d   Zhao, Jian xin ^d  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomically modern humans; China; Huanglong Cave; U series dating

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOINDICATOR; FOSSIL; HOMINID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

CHINA; HUBEI;

HOMO ERECTUS; HOMO SAPIENS;

URANIUM;

ANATOMICALLY MODERN HUMANS; ARTICLE; CAVE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CHRONOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HUANGLONG CAVE; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SEDIMENT; TOOTH; U-SERIES DATING;

ANATOMICALLY MODERN HUMANS; CHINA; HUANGLONG CAVE; U-SERIES DATING;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CAVES; CHINA; CHRONOLOGY AS TOPIC; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOMETRIC DATING; TOOTH; URANIUM;

EID: 84881609948     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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