Longgu Cave Explained

Longgu Cave
Other Name:Giant Ape Cave
Location:Jintang Village, Gaoping Town, Jianshi County, Enshi City, Hubei Province[1]

The Longgu Cave[2], literally meaning "Dragon Bone Cave",[3] also known as Giant Ape Cave,[4] is a cave located in Longgu Slope, Jintang Village, Gaoping Town, Jianshi County, Enshi City, Hubei Province.[5] It is 120 meters long, 6 to 7 meters high and 2 to 15 meters wide. The Cave is divided into two entrances, east and west, the east entrance is 3.5 meters high and the west entrance is 2 meters high.[6]

In 1970, a field team from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) discovered the Longgu Cave in Jiansi County and conducted an official excavation.[7] The Cave spans from 1.2 to 2.5 million years ago[8] and was named "Jianshi Homo Erectus Site" by the IVPP.[9]

From 1970 to 1998, the IVPP and the Hubei Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology successively conducted eight excavations here, and they were always searching for new information and new information on the survival and reproduction of ancient humans here.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Three Gorges Cultural Relics Protection and Archaeological Research Academic Seminar Proceedings. 2003. Sciences Press. 978-7-03-011558-4. 43–.
  2. Book: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2007. National Academy of Sciences. 10934–.
  3. Book: Spencer G. Lucas. Chinese Fossil Vertebrates. 30 January 2002. Columbia University Press. 978-0-231-50461-4. 278–.
  4. Book: John G Fleagle. John J. Shea. Frederick E. Grine. Andrea L. Baden, Richard E. Leakey. Out of Africa I: The First Hominin Colonization of Eurasia. 20 August 2010. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-90-481-9036-2. 90–.
  5. Book: Journal of Stratigraphy, Volume 30. 2006. Sciences Press.
  6. Web site: The discovery of Homo erectus site in Jianshi County. 2005-01-18. Sina News.
  7. Book: Yang Baocheng. Archaeological Discovery and Research in Hubei. 1995. Wuhan University Publishing House. 978-7-307-01891-4.
  8. Book: The Study of Three Gorges Culture in Modern Perspective. 2006. Bashu Publishing House. 978-7-80659-831-3.
  9. Book: Hubei Yearbook. 2005. Hubei People's Press.
  10. Web site: Secrets in the Longgu Cave. 2010-11-18. Sina News.

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