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absolute time period: c. 600,000–200,000 b.p. dated by biostratigraphic, palynological, paleomagnetic, and oxygen-isotope correlations and uranium series, amino acid racemization, and thermoluminiscence determinations from the bottom to the top of the cave deposit.
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Ho, C.K. (2001). Zhoukoudian. In: Peregrine, P.N., Ember, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Prehistory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1189-2_41
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