The 'Peking Man' may be older than previously thought
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 13:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The bones of Homo erectus pekinensis, commonly known as Peking Man, may be older than thought, according to a new dating analysis published in the most recent issue (12 March 2009) of Nature. The analysis dated the finds to around 750,000 years old - some 200,000 years older than previous estimates - and indicates a hominin presence in the area through glacial-interglacial cycles. The paper is titled: 'Age of Zhoukoudian Homo erectus determined with 26Al/10Be burial dating'...