title: ESR dating of the Majuangou and Banshan Paleolithic sites in the Nihewan Basin, North China.
abstract: The fluvio-lacustrine sequences in the Nihewan Basin, northern China provide an important source of Paleolithic settlements and therefore early human occupation in the eastern Old World. Here we present electron spin resonance (ESR) chronology for the Majuangou (MJG-III, MJG-II and MJG-I) and Banshan (BS) Paleolithic sites in this basin by the quartz Ti-Li center ESR dating. Results show that the ages of MJG-III and MJG-II could be estimated to be ∼1.70 Ma (millions of years ago); of MJG-I, ∼1.40 Ma; and BS, ∼1.35 Ma. This ESR chronology is consistent with the previous magnetochronology, thus providing strong support for the earliest human presence at the high northern latitudes of Northeast Asia.
authors: State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100029, China. Electronic address: liuchunru0821@126.com.
authors: Chun-Ru
authors: CR
authors: Liu
authors: State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100029, China.
authors: Gong-Ming
authors: GM
authors: Yin
authors: State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China.
authors: Cheng-Long
authors: CL
authors: Deng
authors: State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100029, China.
authors: Fei
authors: F
authors: Han
authors: State Key Laboratory of Earthquake Dynamics, Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100029, China; Schools of the Earth Science and Resource, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China.
authors: Wei-Juan
authors: WJ
authors: Song
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001106:Archaeology; D002681:China; D002910:Chronology as Topic; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D015186:Hominidae
keywords: Early human occupation; Northeast Asia; Northern latitudes