The Nihewan Basin is an archaeological site located in Hebei province (northern China). It has yielded some of the earliest evidence of hominin occupation in East Asia.
Cenozoic, Early Pleistocene, Middle Pleistocene, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Tianjin Museum of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Geology of the Nihewan Beds edit
Paleontological and geological research edit
Lower Paleolithic sites edit
Xiaochangliang edit
Discovered in 1978.
Donggutuo edit
Identified in 1981.
Dachangliang edit
Found in the summer 2000.
Majuangou III (Goudi) edit
First excavated in 2001.