Pope G G
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1983 Aug;80(16):4988-92. doi: 10.1073/pnas.80.16.4988.
A number of separate lines of evidence indicate that all of the known Asian hominids are less than 1 million years old. A review of paleontologic, radiometric, and paleomagnetic data strongly supports this conclusion. This more recent age estimate provides important implications about the taxonomy and paleocultural adaptations of the early Asian hominids. All of the early Asian hominids can be accommodated in the taxon Homo erectus. This hominid species is associated in Asia with non-Acheulian cultural contexts, which may indicate substantial dependence on a sophisticated nonlithic technology.
一系列独立的证据表明，所有已知的亚洲原始人类都不到100万年。对古生物学、放射性测量和古地磁数据的回顾有力地支持了这一结论。这一最新的年代估计对早期亚洲原始人类的分类和古文化适应具有重要意义。所有早期亚洲原始人类都可归入直立人这一分类单元。在亚洲，这个原始人类物种与非阿舍利文化背景相关联，这可能表明其对复杂的非石器技术有很大的依赖。
