User:Madalibi/Nihewan Basin

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The Nihewan Basin is an archaeological site located in Hebei province (northern China). It has yielded some of the earliest evidence of hominin occupation in East Asia.

Cenozoic, Early Pleistocene, Middle Pleistocene, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Tianjin Museum of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Geology of the Nihewan Beds[edit]

Paleontological and geological research[edit]

Lower Paleolithic sites[edit]

Xiaochangliang[edit]

Discovered in 1978.

Donggutuo[edit]

Identified in 1981.

Dachangliang[edit]

Found in the summer 2000.

Majuangou III (Goudi)[edit]

First excavated in 2001.

Minor sites[edit]

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