  Location in China | |
| Coordinates | 39°39′28″N 115°52′17″E / 39.65778°N 115.87139°E / 39.65778; 115.87139 |
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| History | |
| Founded | 42,000 BP |
| Abandoned | 39,000 BP |
| Periods | Paleolithic China |
Tianyuan Cave (simplified Chinese: 田园洞; traditional Chinese: 田園洞; pinyin: Tiányuán Dòng) is near Beijing (not in Tianyuan District), where Tianyuan man, one of the earliest modern humans, was found.
The remains in the Tianyuan Cave have ancestral relations "to many present-day Asians and Native Americans".
See also
References
- Early Modern Human from Tianyuan Cave, China. Texas A&M University Press. 2010. ISBN 9781603442459.
- Fu, Q; Meyer, M; Gao, X; Stenzel, U; Burbano, HA; Kelso, J; Pääbo, S (2013). "DNA analysis of an early modern human from Tianyuan Cave, China". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110 (6): 2223–2227. Bibcode:2013PNAS..110.2223F. doi:10.1073/pnas.1221359110. PMC 3568306. PMID 23341637.
- "A relative from the Tianyuan Cave". Max Planck Society. 2013-01-21.
- "A relative from the Tianyuan Cave: Humans living 40,000 years ago likely related to many present-day Asians and Native Americans". Science Daily. 2013-01-21.
- "DNA Analysis Reveals Common Origin of Tianyuan Humans and Native Americans, Asians". Sci-News. 2013-01-24.
- "Ancient human DNA suggests minimal interbreeding". Science News. 2013-01-21.
- "Ancient Bone DNA Shows Ancestry of Modern Asians & Native Americans". Caving News. 2013-01-31.
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