We thank local farmers Yong Xi, Wenchao Yang, Fengwen Zhou, and Mingde Wang for their hard work during the field excavations in Hanzhong Basin. We especially thank Han Dou, who was the first to find in situ artifacts in the loess section on the fifth terrace. We thank Wei Wang and Quanyu Liu for their help with field works and other assistances. We also thank Chenglong Deng, Zhengtang Guo, Weiwen Huang, Xianyan Wang, Shuangwen Yi, Xiaoyong Wang, Yali Zhou, Shuwen Pei, Langping Li, Junyi Ge, and Jan Bloemendal for their valuable discussions and assistances. This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41572155, 41690111, 41472026, and 41472138), the One Hundred Talent Person Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZCX2-YW-BR-24), the specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (Grant No. 20130091130006), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions. We are also grateful for the French Embassy in China and Campus France PHC Program PHC Xu Guangqi (Project 34422SH).
School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China; Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China; School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China; Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Département de Préhistoire, UMR, Paris, France
Recommended Citation:
Sun X.,Lu H.,Wang S.,et al. Early human settlements in the southern Qinling Mountains, central China[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2017-01-01,164