Nanjing Man

Nanjing Man Temporal range: Pleistocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Family:	Hominidae
Genus:	Homo
Species:	†H. erectus
Subspecies:	†H. e. nankinensis
Trinomial name
*Homo erectus nankinensis*

Nanjing Man (Homo erectus nankinensis) a subspecies of Homo erectus found in China. Male and female skulls of H. e. nankinensis were discovered in 1993 in Tangshan Cave near Nanjing, and they have been dated to be about 580,000 to 620,000 years old.^[1] The skull is now preserved in Nanjing Museum and is under in-depth research by authoritative scientists in the field.

References

↑ 'Nanjing Man' Discovery Blows Away 'Out Of Africa' Theory

External links

Human Timeline (Interactive) – Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History (August 2016).

Human evolution

Homininae

Australopithecines

Australopithecus	A. afarensis A. africanus A. anamensis A. bahrelghazali A. deyiremeda A. garhi A. sediba

Paranthropus	P. aethiopicus P. boisei P. robustus

Humans and
proto-humans

Archaic humans H. ergaster H. gautengensis H. habilis H. rudolfensis H. naledi

Homo erectus	H. e. erectus H. e. georgicus H. e. lantianensis H. e. nankinensis H. e. palaeojavanicus H. e. pekinensis H. e. soloensis H. e. tautavelensis H. e. yuanmouensis

Callao Man Denisova hominin H. antecessor H. cepranensis H. floresiensis H. heidelbergensis H. helmei H. neanderthalensis H. rhodesiensis Penghu 1 Red Deer Cave people

Homo sapiens (human)	Cro-Magnon H. s. idaltu H. s. sapiens Manot people

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Systems	Game drive system Buffalo jump

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Nanjing Man

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