The age of human remains and associated fauna from Zhiren Cave in Guangxi, southern China

Quaternary International

Volumn 434, Issue , 2017, Pages 84-91

  Cai, Yanjun ^a   Qiang, Xiaoke ^a   Wang, Xulong ^a   Jin, Changzhu ^b   Wang, Yuan ^b   Zhang, Yingqi ^b   Trinkaus, Erik ^c   An, Zhisheng ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian elephant fauna; Chronology; Human remains; Paleomagnetic stratigraphy; Zhiren Cave

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CAVE; CHRONOLOGY; ELEPHANT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOMAGNETISM; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

CHINA; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU;

ELEPHAS; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84961792861     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.12.088     Document Type: Article

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