A preliminary report on the newly found Tianyuan Cave, a Late Pleistocene human fossil site near Zhoukoudian

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	A preliminary report on the newly found Tianyuan Cave, a Late Pleistocene human fossil site near Zhoukoudian
	Tong, HW; Shang, H; Zhang, SQ; Chen, FY; Tong, HW (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China.
	2004-04-01
发表期刊	CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN
ISSN	1001-6538
卷号	49 期号:8 页码:853-857
文章类型	Article
摘要	The Tianyuan Cave is the only human fossil-bearing site containing rich mammalian fossils found in the last decades near Zhoukoudian. Up to now more than 34 specimens of the human body have been recovered, and the mammalian fossils can be put into 29 species. Cervids dominate the fauna, and carnivores are very rare. Based on the primary examination, the human fossils can be attributed to the species Homo sapiens. All the mammalian fossils, except one between tooth of Crocuta belong to the species that still exist today. But some of them are the first records in fossil form north of the Yellow River, such as Arctonyx and Capricornis. Based on the mammalian fauna study, it seems that the Tianyuan Cave can be correlated with the Upper Cave. Sixty-three percent of the species of the mammalian fauna from the Tianyuan Cave are also present in the Upper Cave. The characters of the deposits also share some similarities between the Tianyuan Cave and the Upper Cave; both of them are mainly composed of breccia without cement. The dating using the U-series method on deer tooth samples indicates that the geological age of the new site is around 25 thousand years B.P. This is the first discovery of human sites outside the core area of the Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian, which throws new light onto this world famous site complex.; The Tianyuan Cave is the only human fossil-bearing site containing rich mammalian fossils found in the last decades near Zhoukoudian. Up to now more than 34 specimens of the human body have been recovered, and the mammalian fossils can be put into 29 species. Cervids dominate the fauna, and carnivores are very rare. Based on the primary examination, the human fossils can be attributed to the species Homo sapiens. All the mammalian fossils, except one between tooth of Crocuta belong to the species that still exist today. But some of them are the first records in fossil form north of the Yellow River, such as Arctonyx and Capricornis. Based on the mammalian fauna study, it seems that the Tianyuan Cave can be correlated with the Upper Cave. Sixty-three percent of the species of the mammalian fauna from the Tianyuan Cave are also present in the Upper Cave. The characters of the deposits also share some similarities between the Tianyuan Cave and the Upper Cave; both of them are mainly composed of breccia without cement. The dating using the U-series method on deer tooth samples indicates that the geological age of the new site is around 25 thousand years B.P. This is the first discovery of human sites outside the core area of the Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian, which throws new light onto this world famous site complex.
关键词	Human Fossil Mammalian Fauna Late Late Pleistocene Tianyuan Cave Zhoukoudian
WOS标题词	Science & Technology
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收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000222585300020
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/3665
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）古哺乳动物研究室
通讯作者	Tong, HW (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China.
作者单位	Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Tong, HW,Shang, H,Zhang, SQ,et al. A preliminary report on the newly found Tianyuan Cave, a Late Pleistocene human fossil site near Zhoukoudian[J]. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,2004,49(8):853-857.
APA	Tong, HW,Shang, H,Zhang, SQ,Chen, FY,&Tong, HW .(2004).A preliminary report on the newly found Tianyuan Cave, a Late Pleistocene human fossil site near Zhoukoudian.CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,49(8),853-857.
MLA	Tong, HW,et al."A preliminary report on the newly found Tianyuan Cave, a Late Pleistocene human fossil site near Zhoukoudian".CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN 49.8(2004):853-857.

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