| Abstract: |
In the past 50 years, most important human fossils have been found in northern and southern areas of China. Following the growth of interest in regional variation of fossil man, efforts in searching for fossil materials have focused upon the southeastern area. These explorations resulted in discoveries of Homo erectus at Hexian in 1980 and 1981 and of Homo sapiens at Chaohu in 1982 and 1983. Both sites are 50 km apart in Anhui Province. Recently, the dating of the fossils of these two sites suggests a coexistence of Homo erectus and Homo sapiens in China.
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