Lantian

alternative Lantien · alternative Lan-t'ien

1. A county of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

   In China, researchers also found evidence of early hominin occupation. In 1964, researchers unearthed a Homo erectus skull in a western county called Lantian. Initial estimates found it to be 1.15 million years old.

   2018 July 11, Carl Zimmer, “Archaeologists in China Discover the Oldest Stone Tools Outside Africa”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2018, Science

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   The Homo erectus cranium, mandible and hundreds of associated lithic artifacts found in Lantian (central China) in the 1960s demonstrate that the area was important for hominin habitation during the early to middle Pleistocene.

   2017 April 20, Haixin Zhuo et al., “Lower Palaeolithic stone tools have been found in Lantian County, China”, in Quaternary Research, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 May 2022

alternative Lan-t'ien

1. A township in Chengkou, Chongqing, China.