Discovery of a Pliocene stone tool at Yuxian, Hebei Province

作     者：TANG Yingjun CHEN Wanyong CHEN Chun 

作者机构：Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and PaleoanthropologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100044China Fudan UniversityShanghai 200433China 

出 版 物：《Chinese Science Bulletin》 (科学通报(英文版))

年 卷 期：2000年第45卷第4期

页      面：380-383页

核心收录：

学科分类：070903[理学-古生物学与地层学(含：古人类学)] 060305[历史学-专门史与整体史] 06[历史学] 0709[理学-地质学] 07[理学] 0603[历史学-世界史] 

主　　题：Yuxian Pliocene Palaeolith. 

摘      要：The stone tool discovered at Danangou valley of Dongyaozitou village, Yuxian, is the earliest stone tool, the specimen is powerful evidence about the origin of the human culture and the historical age from the ancient ape to the human belng. According to the comprehensive studies about the strata, the age was considered to be of Pliocene (about 3 milllon years) and therefore, the discovery possessed great scientific and theoretical significance.