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A comprehensive database of paleoenvironmental settings for paleoanthropological sites provides a useful tool to explore the link between human evolution and paleoenvironmental changes. A preliminary GIS-based environmental database for paleoanthropological sites in China (EDPC) was constructed based on data collected from published literature. The database currently contains 1114 paleoanthropological sites. It will be available for online access following the establishment of relevant rules, and after improvement and further development through regular and sustained updates by internal and external users. Preliminary analyses using the GIS system yielded new evidence regarding human-environmental relationships.
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Wu, C., Zhang, Y., Li, Q. et al. An environmental database and temporal and spatial distribution of Chinese paleoanthropological sites. Chin. Sci. Bull. 56, 3281–3283 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-011-4669-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-011-4669-7