A refutation of reported Levallois technology from Guanyindong Cave in south China

Feng Li^{1

2}, Yinghua Li³, Xing Gao^{1

2

4}, Steven L Kuhn⁵, Eric Boëda⁶, John W Olsen⁵

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
² CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, China.
³ School of History, Wuhan University, China.
⁴ University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
⁵ School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, USA.
⁶ C.N.R.S.-UMR7041, Anthropologie des techniques des espaces et des territoires au Plio-Pléistocène, Maison Archéologie et Ethnologie, René-Ginouvès, France.

Feng Li et al. Natl Sci Rev. 2019 Nov.

. 2019 Nov;6(6):1094-1096.

doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwz115. Epub 2019 Aug 13.

Feng Li^{1

2}, Yinghua Li³, Xing Gao^{1

2

4}, Steven L Kuhn⁵, Eric Boëda⁶, John W Olsen⁵

¹ Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
² CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, China.
³ School of History, Wuhan University, China.
⁴ University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
⁵ School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, USA.
⁶ C.N.R.S.-UMR7041, Anthropologie des techniques des espaces et des territoires au Plio-Pléistocène, Maison Archéologie et Ethnologie, René-Ginouvès, France.

No abstract available

Figures

Robust technological readings identify integrated structures typical of the Levallois concept in Guanyindong Cave, south China.
Hu Y, Marwick B, Zhang JF, Rui X, Hou YM, Chen WR, Huang WW, Li B. Hu Y, et al. Natl Sci Rev. 2019 Nov;6(6):1096-1099. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwz192. Epub 2019 Nov 21. Natl Sci Rev. 2019. PMID: 34691984 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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