The fossil site of the ancient human ancestor, the Shu ape, was officially erected in Nancun Township, Yuchi County.

"The fossil site of the ancient human ape on the river was officially erected on the 19th in Nancun Township, Yuchi County.
, vice-minister of the propaganda department of the Yanchi County Committee of Henan Province, said:
Thanth" marks the emergence of the ancient ancestors of mankind in Yanchi, Henan Province, 45 million years ago, thus shaking up the assertion that 'human beings originated in Africa'.
" Yuchi - The Yuqu Basin is the first discovery of China's ancient and neo-tetanus strata and the original mammal population, discovered by Swedish geologist Antsom in June 1916.
The fossil site of the Shuhe Ape in Yuchi, Henan Province, is an important part of the group of paleontological fossil sites in Yuchi-Yuqu Basin, discovered by Austrian palaeontologist Stans in November 1921.
Between 1985 and 1994, Chinese and foreign scientists discovered the world's earliest fossilized ape with the characteristics of a higher primate mammal in the Village Of Murakgai Group, which belongs to the late 1980s (Sala mullen period) Asachi River animal group, about 45 million years ago.
Before the discovery of the dawn ape fossils, the world's earliest fossils of higher primates were found in Fayoum, Africa, about 35 million years ago, so the paleoanthrology community had believed that the earliest origin of mankind was in Africa.
discovery of the fossil site of the Ape on the River Tsingchi has shaken the theory that "humans originated in Africa" and pushed forward the time of the ape's emergence by 10 million years.
Doctoral Of the Institute of Paleoververtebrates and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dr. Nie Xijun said, "As the number of fossils of advanced primate mammals found by Chinese and foreign scientists in the Murakmura River Group in Nancun Township, Yuchi County, is the first time in China, the fossil site of the Heshu ape in Yuchi has become one of the most representative fossil sites in the late Mesozoic period and one of the internationally recognized origins of human origin."
" Miao Jianming, Party Secretary and Deputy Director of the Institute of Paleoververtebrates and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ma Xiaolin, Deputy Director of the Cultural Relics Bureau of Henan Province, Wang Zhenqing, Deputy Mayor of Sanmenxia City, Yang Yuemin, Secretary of the Yuchi County Party Committee, etc. attended the unveiling ceremony.
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