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- Title
U-series dating of Locality 15 at Zhoukoudian, China, and implications for hominid evolution
- Authors
Shen, Guanjun J.; Gao, Xing; Zhao, Jian-xin; Collerson, Kenneth D.
- Abstract
This paper reports U-series dates on speleothem samples from Locality 15 at Zhoukoudian, one of the richest Paleolithic sites in northern China. The age of the lower part of Layer 2 is securely bracketed between 155,000 and 284,000 yr. The underlying Layer 3 dates back at least 284,000 yr. Layer 4, further below, should be older still, possibly by a cycle on the SPECMAP time scale before 284,000 yr ago. These ages, much greater than the previous estimates of 110,000–140,000 yr from U-series and electron spin resonance dating of fossil teeth, suggest that Locality 15 was broadly contemporaneous with Locality 4 (New Cave) and with the uppermost strata of Locality 1 (Peking Man site). The physical evolution and cultural development evidenced by the timing of the Zhoukoudian localities are in line with the opinion of Chinese anthropologists for a regional transition from Homo erectus to archaic Homo sapiens.
- Subjects
ZHOUKOUDIAN (China); CHINA; SPELEOTHEMS; PALEOLITHIC Period
- Publication
Quaternary Research, 2004, Vol 62, Issue 2, p208
- ISSN
0033-5894
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.yqres.2004.06.004