Dali Man

Dali man is the remains of a late <a href="/facts/Homo_erectus/5Xqv3CdP">Homo erectus</a> or archaic <a href="/facts/Homo_sapiens/rlcTENsr">Homo sapiens</a> who lived in the <a href="/facts/Calabrian_(stage)/rpYU6Eed">late-mid Pleistocene</a> epoch. The remains comprise a complete fossilized skull, which was discovered by Liu Shuntang in 1978 in <a href="/facts/Dali_County/oaSpgpp4">Dali County</a>, <a href="/facts/Shaanxi/tNvSEe3v">Shaanxi</a> Province, <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a>.
Dating the skull is a matter of debate. While <a href="/facts/Uranium-series_dating/r0UN290Y">uranium-series dating</a> of <a href="/facts/Ox/BHUFavVC">ox</a> teeth from the same site in 1994 obtained a date of 209±23 ka, it is unclear whether the hominid cranium and the ox teeth date from a similar era. 
A new analysis performed in 2017 used a variety of methods, arriving at an age estimate of about 260±20 ka.
The fossil is considered to be the most complete skull of that time period found in China.
Access to Dali Man is restricted. The cranium is currently housed in the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in <a href="/facts/Beijing/Bg4puFBv">Beijing</a>, China.

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Dali Man