Fossil:

Dali

Site:

Dali
Shaanxi Province, China (1)

Discovered By:

Liu Shuntang
03,1978 (1)

Estimated Age of Fossil:

200,000 ya
* determined by Stratigraphic, faunal, oxygen isotope & radiometric data (1, 4)

Species Name:

Homo sapiens (1)
Homo heidelbergensis (7)
Homo erectus (38)

Gender:

Unknown

Cranial Capacity:

1120 cc (1)

Interpretation:

Low, thick cranium, browridge, slight sagittal crest (like other Asian H. erectus) (1)
Small, flat face and prominent cheekbones of modern Chinese (1)
Important fossil for multiregional hypothesis for origin of modern humans (1)
Shares similarities with European H. Heidelbergensis (1)