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Hebei China
Mapping 3D Sedimentary Structures with Joint Inversion of H/V Spectral Ratios and Multimode Dispersion Curves Derived from Ambient Noise—Application to the Xiong‘an New Area, China Available to Purchase
Effects of Thermal and Stress Cycles on the Mechanical Properties and Acoustic Emission Characteristics of Rocks Open Access
A quantitative study on the effectiveness of the transformed gravity gradient tensor for subway tunnel imaging Available to Purchase
Cenozoic Evolution of the Rongcheng High from High-Resolution 3D Seismic Reflection Imaging Open Access
Pulse of intense oxidative weathering during the latest Paleoproterozoic Available to Purchase
Crustal Azimuthal Anisotropy in Eastern North China Derived from Ambient Noise Tomography Available to Purchase
The Source-to-Sink Character of the Shahejie Formation in the Shulu Slope, Bohai Bay Basin, China Available to Purchase
Discovery of a Buried Active Fault to the South of the 1679 M8.0 Sanhe–Pinggu Earthquake in the North China Plain: Evidence from Seismic Reflection Exploration and Drilling Profile Open Access
Zhoukoudian: the birthplace of palaeoanthropology and the stimulus for Paleolithic archaeology in China Available to Purchase
Abstract The Zhoukoudian (Choukoutien) site, which was excavated in 1921, is one of the most important ancient human sites in China and in the world as well. From the perspective of the history of transnational science, this paper summarizes the history of the excavation of Zhoukoudian and the research that has been done into related fossil and human remains. It argues that Zhoukoudian was the birthplace of palaeoanthropology and the stimulus for the establishment of Paleolithic archaeology as a field in China. The Zhoukoudian site preserves traces of prehistoric human activities that date from 700 000 to 10 000 years ago, including human fossils, stone artefacts, ornaments and mammalian fossils. Thus, it still remains the most abundant, systematic and valuable site of its kind in the world, as well as being a very important geoheritage site.