ARCH 131 Study Guide - Final Guide: Biodegradation, Homo Erectus, Xiaochangliang
22 Apr 2018
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Homo erectus sites in china: there"s not many sites for hominin bones in china, nihewan basin. Several archaeological sites with stone tools and animal bones. We know hominins were here but we have no remains: zhoukoudien. Good homo erectus site has a lot of remains. Up until ww2 they had 20 homo erectus fossils but they disappeared after ww2 but their casts were made before they bit the dust: yunxian. Two complete crania that"re severely crushed over time (fixed with ct scans) Fossils range from 600 350 kya. Fossils found with stone tools: hexian county. One crania with mandibles from 400 kya. Homo erectus sites in java: solo river. Where the first homo erectus bones were found by the guy who gave up when no one believed him (unit 1) Earliest fossils date to 1. 5 mya and latest to 500,000 (found through dating volcanic- ash) How did homo erectus reach the island of australia.
