Hominins already inhabited the Three Gorges region of South China in Pleistocene
Systematic archaeological survey and excavations in the Three Gorges region, South China over the past two decades has led to the discovery of a number of important hominin fossils and Paleolithic stone artifact assemblages. Dr. PEI Shuwen, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his collaborators reviewed the results of recent paleoanthropological, particularly Paleolithic archaeological, research from this region, and concluded that Middle to Late Pleistocene hominins already Inhabited the Three Gorges Region of South China and the Paleolithic technology is essentially an Oldowan-like industry (i.e., Mode 1 core and flake technologies). This study was published online in the journal of Quaternary International (2012).