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.[1][2]
Location in China | |
Coordinates | 39°39′28″N 115°52′17″E / 39.65778°N 115.87139°E |
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History | |
Founded | 42,000 BP |
Abandoned | 39,000 BP |
Periods | Paleolithic China |
The remains in the Tianyuan Cave have ancestral relations "to many present-day Asians and Native Americans".[3][4][5][6][7]