FAUNAL STUDIES HAVE BEEN AN IMPORTANT element OF PALEOLITHIC research in China.

FAUNAL STUDIES HAVE BEEN AN IMPORTANT element OF PALEOLITHIC research in China, where pioneering work focused forward understanding the taxonomic richness and diversity of Quaternary localities across the political division (e.g., Pei 1934a, b, 1957; Qi 1989; Young 1939; Zhou 1964) Paleontological studies at early archaeological sites provide a rich understanding of taxonomic diversity as well as paleoenvironmental parameters and the potential interactions of early humans with mammalian species (Han and Xu 1985 1989; Huang and Fang 1991; Qi 1989 1991: Xu 1984; Xue and Zhang 1991) Faunal

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