| 120-150 ka human tooth and ivory engravings from Xinglongdong Cave, Three Gorges Region, South China |
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| 作者姓名： | GAOXing HUANGWanbo XUZiqiang MAZhibang J.W.Olsen |
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| 作者单位： | [1]DepartmentofAnthropology,UniversityofArizona,Tucson.AZ85721-0030.USA [2]InstituteofGeologyandGeophysics,ChineseAcademyofSciences.Beijing100029,China [3]InstituteofVertebratePaleontologyandPaleoanthropology, |
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| 摘 要： | Rich paleoanthropological materials were unearthed in primary context from the Xinglongdong Cave in Fengjie County, Chongqing, South China, including a human tooth, numerous mammalian fossils, some stone artifacts and a Stegodon tusk exhibiting intentional engravings.Based on biostratigraphic data and uranium series dating,the cave was utilized as a human shelter about 120000-150000 years ago. It is the first time that an archaic Homo sapiens fossil has been unearthed from the Three Gorges Region. Engravings on the Stegodon tusk appear in groups,making up simple and abstract images. It is the earliest known engravings created by human beings; it exhibits great potential for the study of the origin of art and the development of ancient cultures in south China and bears important implications for the origin of modern humans in East Asia.
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| 关 键 词： | 中国 南部地区 象牙雕刻 人齿雕刻 |
| 收稿时间： | 2003-06-10 |
| 修稿时间： | 2003-10-27 |
120–150 ka human tooth and ivory engravings from Xinglongdong Cave,Three Gorges Region,South China |
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| GAOXing HUANGWanbo XUZiqiang MAZhibang J.W.Olsen.120-150 ka human tooth and ivory engravings from Xinglongdong Cave, Three Gorges Region, South China[J].Chinese Science Bulletin,2004,49(2):175-180. |
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| Authors: | Gao Xing Huang Wanbo Xu Ziqiang Ma Zhibang Olsen J W |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100044 Beijing, China;(2) Longgupo Institute of Paleoanthropology, 100044 Beijing, China;(3) Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100029 Beijing, China;(4) Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, 85721-0030 Tucson, AZ, USA |
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| Abstract: | Rich paleoanthropological materials were unearthed in primary context from the Xinglongdong Cave in Fengjie County, Chongqing, South China, including a human tooth, numerous mammalian fossils, some stone artifacts and a Stegodon tusk exhibiting intentional engravings. Based on biostratigraphic data and uranium series dating, the cave was utilized as a human shelter about 120000-150000 years ago. It is the first time that an archaic Homo sapiens fossil has been unearthed from the Three Gorges Region. Engravings on the Stegodon tusk appear in groups, making up simple and abstract images. It is the earliest known engravings created by human beings; it exhibits great potential for the study of the origin of art and the development of ancient cultures in south China and bears important implications for the origin of modern humans in East Asia. |
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| Keywords: | Homo sapiens ivory engraving primeval art Xinglong-dong Cave Late Middle Pleistocene |
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