Acta Anthropologica Sinica ›› 2004, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (02): 130-137.

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Human fossil teeth newly discovered in Nanshan cave of Fusui, Guangxi

WANG Wei; MO Jin-you   

  • Online:2004-06-15 Published:2004-06-15

Abstract: Human teeth and mammalian fossils were unearthed at Nanshan cave of Fusui County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The human teeth include a left lower M3 and a right lower M2. Their morphological features are similar to that of late Homo sapiens unearthed from other caves in Guangxi, belong to late Homo sapiens. Most of the mammalian fossils are members of Ailuropoda-Ste-godon fauna in south China. However, Equus hemionus is a new record of late Pleistocene fauna in this district.All the fossils in Nanshan cave were collected from brown fine sandy-clay. Ages of U-series dating on the second flow-stone are around 30 to 40 ka. The appearance of Equus hemionus suggests that the south China mainland had possibly ever been cool climate at the latest glacial period.

Key words: Late Homo sapiens; Late Pleistocene; Equus hemionus; Cool climate; Nanshan cave; Fusui, Guangxi