On the possible use of fire by Homo erectus at Zhoukoudian, China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 335-343

  Zhong, Maohua ^a   Shi, Congling ^a   Gao, Xing ^b   Wu, Xinzhi ^b   Chen, Fuyou ^b   Zhang, Shuangquan ^b   Zhang, Xingkai ^a   Olsen, John W ^c  

^a CHINA ACADEMY OF SAFETY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elemental carbon; Fire use; Homo erectus; Middle pleistocene; Siliceous aggregate; Zhoukoudian

Indexed keywords

HOMO ERECTUS;

EID: 84892886752     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-013-0061-0     Document Type: Article

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