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Asian Homo erectus converges in time

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Re-evaluation of the age of Zhoukoudian, a prominent site of Homo erectus occupation in China, prompts a rethink of the species' distribution in both the temperate north and the equatorial south of east Asia.

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Figure 1: Prize site — the western wall of the main excavation at Zhoukoudian.

R. L. CIOCHON, UNIV. IOWA

Figure 2: Sites of Homo erectus fossils and artefacts in northern China and Java.

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  1. Russell L. Ciochon is in the Department of Anthropology University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. russell-ciochon@uiowa.edu,

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  2. E. Arthur Bettis III is in the Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. art-bettis@uiowa.edu,

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Ciochon, R., Bettis III, E. Asian Homo erectus converges in time. Nature 458, 153–154 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/458153a

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