Lantian

lántiān Lántián English Lantian County Alternative forms en Lan-t'ien Wade-Giles Pronunciation län′tyĕn′Lantien or Lan-t’ien 1019 3 en Lan tian Etymology 1 From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 藍田. Alternative forms en Lantien Postal Proper noun en county sub-provincial city/Xi'an p/Shaanxi c/China. en 20 April 2017 Haixin Zhuo; et al. Lower Palaeolithic stone tools have been found in Lantian County, China https://web.archive.org/web/20220515123304/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/quaternary-research/article/abs/chronology-of-newlydiscovered-paleolithic-artifact-assemblages-in-lantian-shaanxi-province-central-china/853958288CD11D93037BCBBC586A7BB2 15 May 2022 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/quaternary-research/article/abs/chronology-of-newlydiscovered-paleolithic-artifact-assemblages-in-lantian-shaanxi-province-central-china/853958288CD11D93037BCBBC586A7BB2 w:Quaternary Research 10.1016/j.yqres.2016.08.008 0033-5894 960783893 The Homo erectus cranium, mandible and hundreds of associated lithic artifacts found in Lantian (central China) in the 1960s demonstrate that the area was important for hominin habitation during the early to middle Pleistocene. en July 11, 2018 Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer Archaeologists in China Discover the Oldest Stone Tools Outside Africa w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20180711184506/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/science/hominins-tools-china.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/science/hominins-tools-china.html July 11, 2018 0362-4331 1645522 Science In China, researchers also found evidence of early hominin occupation. In 1964, researchers unearthed a Homo erectus skull in a western county called Lantian. Initial estimates found it to be 1.15 million years old. Derived terms en Lantian Man Translations county in western China Chinese: Cantonese: yue 藍田 Mandarin: cmn 藍田 Lántián Japanese: ja Manchu: mnc ᠯᠠᠨ ᡨᡳᠶᠠᠨ Etymology 2 From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 嵐天. Proper noun en township county/Chengkou direct-administered municipality/Chongqing c/China. Translations township in western China Chinese: Cantonese: yue 嵐天 Mandarin: cmn 嵐天 Lántiān Japanese: ja See also en Lam Tin References Anagrams en aailnnt alantin