Nanjing Man

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Nanjing Man Temporal range: Pleistocene
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
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. A male and a female skull of Nanjing Man 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.

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

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