Xichou man
The Xichou man ( Chinese 西畴 人 , Pinyin Xīchóurén , English Xichou Man ) are paleolithic fossils of representatives of the genus Homo discovered in the Chinese province of Yunnan . They were discovered in the Xianrendong Cave ( 仙人洞 ) in Xichou County in 1972–1973 and named after this location. There are five teeth. The finds are over 50,000 years old. From the geological period they belong to the late Pleistocene . The occlusion of the molars has cruciform furrows, which Chinese researchers have interpreted as a feature of Homo sapiens (xīnrén).
Chinese experts classify the fossils as early Homo sapiens ; If the dating is correct, however, this assignment is in contradiction to the genetic analyzes known today on the spread of humans , on the basis of which they are to be assigned to Homo erectus .
A fauna is also named after the cave in Xichou, the Xianrendong cave fauna ( (西畴) 仙人洞 动物 群 , (Xichou) Xianrendong dongwuqun , English Xianrendong Cave Fauna ).
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Natural Abundance along the Yunnan-Guangxi Corridor ( Memento from December 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Cihai ("Sea of Words"), Shanghai cishu chubanshe, Shanghai 2002, ISBN 7-5326-0839-5 , p. 1810
Coordinates: 29 ° 33 ′ 56 ″ N , 115 ° 57 ′ 31 ″ E