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. 1983 Aug;80(16):4988–4992. doi: 10.1073/pnas.80.16.4988

Evidence on the age of the Asian Hominidae.

G G Pope
PMCID: PMC384173  PMID: 6410399

Abstract

A number of separate lines of evidence indicate that all of the known Asian hominids are less than 1 million years old. A review of paleontologic, radiometric, and paleomagnetic data strongly supports this conclusion. This more recent age estimate provides important implications about the taxonomy and paleocultural adaptations of the early Asian hominids. All of the early Asian hominids can be accommodated in the taxon Homo erectus. This hominid species is associated in Asia with non-Acheulian cultural contexts, which may indicate substantial dependence on a sophisticated nonlithic technology.

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