Nanjing Man
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Nanjing Man a subspecies of Homo erectus
found in China
. A male and a female skull of Nanjing Man were discovered in 1993 in Tangshan Cave near Nanjing
, and they have been dated to be about 580,000 to 620,000 years old. The skull is now preserved in Nanjing Museum
and is under in-depth research by authoritative scientists in the field.
Homo erectus
Homo erectus is an extinct species of hominid that lived from the end of the Pliocene epoch to the later Pleistocene, about . The species originated in Africa and spread as far as India, China and Java. There is still disagreement on the subject of the classification, ancestry, and progeny of H...
found in China
China
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. A male and a female skull of Nanjing Man were discovered in 1993 in Tangshan Cave near Nanjing
Nanjing
' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...
, and they have been dated to be about 580,000 to 620,000 years old. The skull is now preserved in Nanjing Museum
Nanjing Museum
Nanjing Museum is located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, on East Zhongshan Road, about 3 km from the Xinjiekou traffic circle to the east, just inside Zhongshan Gate...
and is under in-depth research by authoritative scientists in the field.