Tianyuan Cave

Tianyuan Cave
Location in China
Coordinates 39°39′28″N 115°52′17″E / 39.65778°N 115.87139°E / 39.65778; 115.87139
History
Founded 42,000 BP
Abandoned 39,000 BP
Periods Paleolithic China

Tianyuan Cave (simplified Chinese: 田园洞; traditional Chinese: 田園洞; pinyin: Tiányuán Dòng) is near Beijing, where Tianyuan man, one of the earliest modern humans, was found.[1][2]

It was revealed that the remains in the Tianyuan Cave has ancestral relation "to many present-day Asians and Native Americans".[3][4][5][6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Early Modern Human from Tianyuan Cave, China". Texas A&M University Press.
  2. ↑ "DNA analysis of an early modern human from Tianyuan Cave, China". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110: 2223–2227. doi:10.1073/pnas.1221359110. PMC 3568306.
  3. ↑ "A relative from the Tianyuan Cave". Max Planck Society. 2013-01-21.
  4. ↑ "A relative from the Tianyuan Cave: Humans living 40,000 years ago likely related to many present-day Asians and Native Americans". Science Daily. 2013-01-21.
  5. ↑ "DNA Analysis Reveals Common Origin of Tianyuan Humans and Native Americans, Asians". Sci-News. 2013-01-24.
  6. ↑ "Ancient human DNA suggests minimal interbreeding". Science News. 2013-01-21.
  7. ↑ "Ancient Bone DNA Shows Ancestry of Modern Asians & Native Americans". Caving News. 2013-01-31.


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