金牛山 | |
Location | Liaoning, China |
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Coordinates | 40°34′40″N 122°26′38″E / 40.57778°N 122.44389°E |
History | |
Periods | Middle Pleistocene |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1984 |
Jinniushan (Chinese: 金牛山) is a Middle Pleistocene paleoanthropological site, dating to around 260,000 BP,[1] most famous for its archaic hominin fossils. The site is located near Yingkou, Liaoning, China. Several new species of extinct birds were also discovered at the site.