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The Search For Early Man in China.

The Search For Early Man in China. BY W. }!. WONG The first indication of the existence of early man in North China was announced by Prof. Max Schlosser of Munich, Germany, who in his work "Die fossilen Sugethiere Chinas" in 1903 briefly described a posterior molar tooth of Homo? or Anthropoid? gen. et sp. undetermined. The possibility of its being Tertiary was suggested The material was bought in Peking. In 11)21 Dr. O. Zdansky collected some fossil bones from cave deposit near Chou-K'ou-Tien, S. W. of Peking. Later, in studying the material in Upsala, Sweden, he found two teeth, a molar and a premolar of a species which was referred to Homo? sp. of late Tertiary or early Quaternary age. This discovery, announced for the first time by Dr. J. G. Andersson at a meeting of the Society on October 26, 1926, has aroused again great interest in the scientific world. In view of the interest of the Chou-K'ou-Tien deposit, a thorough research was deemed necessary. A cooperative plan has been suggested and agreed upon between the Geological Survey and the Peking Union Medical College with a special fund donated by the Rockefeller Foundation. The cooperative work was based upon the agreement that, while the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) Wiley

The Search For Early Man in China.

Wong, W. H.
Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) , Volume 6 (3‐4) – Sep 1, 1927
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BY W. }!. WONG The first indication of the existence of early man in North China was announced by Prof. Max Schlosser of Munich, Germany, who in his work "Die fossilen Sugethiere Chinas" in 1903 briefly described a posterior molar tooth of Homo? or Anthropoid? gen. et sp. undetermined. The possibility of its being Tertiary was suggested The material was bought in Peking. In 11)21 Dr. O. Zdansky collected some fossil bones from cave deposit near Chou-K'ou-Tien, S. W. of Peking. Later, in studying the material in Upsala, Sweden, he found two teeth, a molar and a premolar of a species which was referred to Homo? sp. of late Tertiary or early Quaternary age. This discovery, announced for the first time by Dr. J. G. Andersson at a meeting of the Society on October 26, 1926, has aroused again great interest in the scientific world. In view of the interest of the Chou-K'ou-Tien deposit, a thorough research was deemed necessary. A cooperative plan has been suggested and agreed upon between the Geological Survey and the Peking Union Medical College with a special fund donated by the Rockefeller Foundation. The cooperative work was based upon the agreement that, while the

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