Yuanmou Man (元谋人), Homo erectus yuanmouensis, refers to an ancestral human whose remnants, two teeth, were discovered on May 1, 1965 near Danawu Village in Yuanmou County, Yunnan, China. It is estimated that the fossils are about 1.7 million years old, and thus represent the oldest fossils of human ancestors in China and East Asia. Tools were found in the vicinity of the fossils.

Yuanmou Man precedes Lantian Man and Peking Man who also have been found in China. All are attributed to the species Homo erectus.

The fossils are on display at the National Museum of China, Beijing.

References

• Pu L, Fang C, Hsing-hua M, Ching-yu P, Li-Sheng H, Shih-chiang C. Preliminary study on the age of Yuanmou man by palaeomagnetic technique. Sci Sin. 1977 Sep-Oct;20(5):645-64. PMID 339347

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Chinese archaeology | early hominids | Pleistocene

Yuanmou-Menschen | Hombre de Yuanmou | 元谋人