Zhoukoudian Tianyuan,    China Go to Data Dashboard
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0.042
C14;
Accelerator Mass Spectrometry C14 for human remainsReference: Shang H. Tong H. Zhang S. Chen F. & Trinkaus E. (2007). An early modern human from Tianyuan Cave Zhoukoudian China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104(16) 6573.
sapiens
Homo sapiens
;Burned bones (fire);
Zhoukoudian
Homo sapiens
Macaca sp.Scaptochirus sp.Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus 1758Rhinolophus ferrumequinum Schreber 1774Eptesicus serotinus Schreber 1774Lepus europaeus Pallas 1778Petaurista sulcatus Howell 1927Cricetulus triton De Winton 1899Cricetulus barabensis Pallas 1773Myospalax sp.Microtus sp.Hystrix sp.Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758Nyctereutes procyonoides (Gray 1834)Ursus thibetanus Cuvier 1823Arctonyx collaris Cuvier 1825Martes sp.Paguma larvata Hamilton-Smith 1827Felis microtis Milne-Edwards 1872Panthera pardus (Linnaeus 1758)?Crocuta sp.Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus 1758Cervus nippon Temminck 1838Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758Ovis sp.?Capricornis sp.?Bos sp.
Tong H. Shang H. Zhang S. & Chen F. (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.