Re-evaluation of the age of Zhoukoudian, a prominent site of Homo erectus occupation in China, prompts a rethink of the species' distribution in both the temperate north and the equatorial south of east Asia.
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Ciochon, R., Bettis III, E. Asian Homo erectus converges in time. Nature 458, 153–154 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/458153a
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