Mass spectrometric U-series dating of the Chaoxian hominin site at Yinshan, eastern China

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作者
Shen, Guanjun [1 ]
Fang, Yingshan [2 ]
Bischoff, James L. [3 ]
Feng, Yue-xing [4 ]
Zhao, Jian-xin [4 ]
机构
[1] Nanjing Normal Univ, Coll Geog Sci, Nanjing 210046, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[2] Nanjing Museum, Nanjing 210016, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[3] US Geol Survey, Menlo Pk, CA 94025 USA
[4] Univ Queensland, Ctr Microscopy & Microanal, Radiogenic Isotope Lab, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
EVOLUTION;
D O I
10.1016/j.quaint.2009.02.020
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
The fossils of Chaoxian hominin, widely accepted as representing archaic Homo sapiens in eastern China, were recovered from the middle or slightly higher levels of Layer 2 deposits of a collapsed cave at Yinshan, Anhui Province. Results of mass spectrometric U-series dating of intercalated speleothem calcites are presented. Based mainly on four broadly coeval calcite samples, the hominin fossils should be bracketed in the range of 310-360 ka or somewhat older. These ages are much older than the previous estimate at 160-200 ka based on the U-series dating of fossil teeth and bones, and may be cited as supporting evidence for an earlier H. erecrus-archaic H. sapiens interface in China. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.
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