Song Xing
Biographic Data
| ID | 76272 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Song Xing |
| GIVEN NAMES | Song |
| FAMILY NAME | |
| SIGNATURE | XING S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3069-4376 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 44 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 379 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 44 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
A New Human Humeral Fossil From the Early Holocene in Northeast China
Cranial Morphology of a 21,000‐Year‐Old Homo sapiens From Southwest China
“2025年中国考古新成果”史前遗址简介
2026年2月,“2025年中国考古新成果”在北京发布,本刊对入选及入围的史前遗址进行报道,向史前考古界宣传、推广。 河北阳原县新庙庄旧石器时代遗址 、河北张家口市郑家沟红山文化遗址、河南新郑市裴李岗石器时代遗址获评2025年中国考古新成果入选项目,成为2025年“中国六大考古新成果”。另有广西扶绥县吉到旧石器时代晚期遗址群、江苏无锡市斗山新石器时代遗址、广西恭城县牛路冲城新石器时代晚期至商代遗址获评入围项目
Stone artifacts discovered during the survey of Jidao site complex in Fusui, Guangxi
2019—2021年,中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所联合广西文物保护与考古研究所,在桂西南左江流域开展了旧石器考古专项调查。调查队在扶绥县渠黎镇和岜盆乡共发现7处洞穴和岩厦遗址,其中6处含有文化遗物,采集到丰富的石制品、动物和人类化石等,其中石制品297件,包括打制石器与磨制石器,本文将对这些石制品进行报道。采集的石制品中打制石器占多数,类型包括石核、石片、工具和断块等,原料以玻璃陨石为主;磨制石器包括石斧及华南地区常见的穿孔石器等。综合地质、埋藏状况以及遗址沉积物情况判断,此次调查的几处遗址时间跨度相对集中,处于旧石器时代晚期至新石器时代,以旧石器时代晚期为主。发现的打制石器以小型石片石器为主,兼具砾石石器。本次调查对于认识地区的特殊石制品组合、构建岭南地区旧石器时代晚期至新石器时代文化序列和探讨中国旧石器晚期石器技术的多样性具有重要意义
Jhe: The case for preserving a legacy journal and its community
The hominin teeth from the late Middle Pleistocene Hualongdong site, China
Taxonomic revision of the SK 15 mandible based on bone and tooth structural organization
short molar roots) typically found in specimens of Paranthropus aethiopicus, Paranthropus boisei, and Paranthropus robustus. In particular, SK 15 differs markedly in size and morphology from mandibular remains of P. robustus from Swartkrans Member 2. We thus tentatively attribute SK 15 to Paranthropus capensis, a more gracile species of Paranthropus than the other three currently recognized species of this genus and discuss the implications for t…
Terminologies associated with “early Homo sapiens ” and their evolutionary status
During the Middle Pleistocene in East Asia, a unique group of hominins displaying anatomical features intermediate between Homo erectus and Homo sapiens emerged. This group has been referred to by various terms including early Homo sapiens , archaic Homo sapiens , archaic Homo , Homo heidelbergensis , and Homo daliensis . This work outlines the appearance and conceptual evolution of these terms. The introduction of these terms mainly reflects the…
Structural properties of the Late Pleistocene Liujiang femoral diaphyses from southern China
Morphological and morphometric analyses of a late Middle Pleistocene hominin mandible from Hualongdong, China
Introduction to special issue: Pleistocene hominid diversity and evolution in Asia-A tribute to Pan Lei
A Late Middle Pleistocene human tooth from the Luonan Basin (Shaanxi, China)
Describing Cro-Magnon: The femora, tibiae and fibulae
Early Pleistocene hominin teeth from Gongwangling of Lantian, Central China
Evolution of cranial capacity revisited: A view from the late Middle Pleistocene cranium from Xujiayao, China
Further analyses of the structural organization of Homo luzonensis teeth: Evolutionary implications
The species Homo luzonensis has recently been described based on a set of dental and postcranial elements found at Callao Cave (Northern Luzon, Philippines) and dated to at least 50-67 ka. Seven postcanine maxillary teeth are attributed to this taxon, five of them belonging to the same individual (CCH6) and representing the holotype of H. luzonensis, whereas the isolated upper premolar CCH8 and the upper third molar CCH9 are paratypes of the spec…
Impact of subsistence patterns on the overall configuration of bending rigidity along humeral diaphyses in modern humans
Middle Pleistocene human femoral diaphyses from Hualongdong, Anhui Province, China
OBJECTIVES: The paleontological description and comparative analysis using discrete morphology, morphometrics (linear and geometric) and cross-sectional geometry of three femoral diaphyseal sections from the Middle Pleistocene site of Hualongdong, China. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The material consists of the original Hualongdong femoral fossils and available data on femoral diaphyses from Middle and Late Pleistocene archaic humans and Middle and ear…
An early Holocene human skull from Zhaoguo cave, Southwestern China
OBJECTIVES: In this study, we describe a newly excavated early Holocene human cranium from Guizhou, Southwestern China, namely the Zhaoguo M1 (ZG 1). We aim to evaluate its morphological resemblance with Late Pleistocene human, and Northern and Southern China Neolithic populations. We also aim to infer its position in the process of East Asian population regionalization. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The ZG 1 skull is almost complete, only missing parts…
Comparative dental study between Homo antecessor and Chinese Homo erectus: Nonmetric features and geometric morphometrics
Morphological description and evolutionary significance of 300 ka hominin facial bones from Hualongdong, China
Premolar enamel thickness and distribution of a Miocene hominid Lufengpithecus hudienensis compared with Pleistocene and extant hominids
Early Pleistocene hominin teeth from Meipu, southern China
Climate-influenced cave deposition and human occupation during the Pleistocene in Zhiren Cave, southwest China
The upper limb skeleton and behavioral lateralization of modern humans from Zhaoguo Cave, southwestern China
OBJECTIVES: Aims of the study are to initially describe and comparatively evaluate the morphology of the new Zhaoguo M1 upper limb remains, and contextualize upper limb functional adaptations among those of other worldwide Upper Paleolithic (UP) humans to make inferences about subsistence-related activity patterns in southwestern China at the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The preserved Zhaoguo M1 skeletal remains include p…
Hominin teeth from the early L ate P leistocene site of X ujiayao, N orthern C hina
It is generally accepted that from the late Middle to the early Late Pleistocene (∼340–90 ka BP), Neanderthals were occupying Europe and Western Asia, whereas anatomically modern humans were present in the African continent. In contrast, the paucity of hominin fossil evidence from East Asia from this period impedes a complete evolutionary picture of the genus Homo , as well as assessment of the possible contribution of or interaction with Asian h…
Late Middle Pleistocene hominin teeth from Panxian Dadong, South China
Homo sapiensin the Eastern Asian Late Pleistocene
Recent fossil and genetic data poses new questions about the degree of variability of the Late Pleistocene fossils from China and the possible interaction of modern humans with other archaic hominins. This paper presents a general overview of the variability of the dental fossil record from some key Late Pleistocene localities in China. Our study reveals that despite having similar chronologies, not all the samples present the same suite of deriv…
A mandible from the Middle Pleistocene Hexian site and its significance in relation to the variability of Asian Homo erectus
Mandibular and dental features indicate that the Hexian mandible and teeth differ from northern Chinese H. erectus and European Middle Pleistocene hominins, but show some affinities with the Early Pleistocene specimens from Africa (Homo ergaster) and Java (H. erectus), as well as the Middle-Late Pleistocene mandible from Penghu, Taiwan. Compared to contemporaneous continental Asian hominin populations, the Hexian fossils may represent the surviva…
Hominin teeth from the Middle Pleistocene site of Yiyuan, Eastern China
Evolution of cranial capacity revisited: A view from the late Middle Pleistocene cranium from Xujiayao, China
Early Pleistocene hominin teeth from Meipu, southern China
Further analyses of the structural organization of Homo luzonensis teeth: Evolutionary implications
The species Homo luzonensis has recently been described based on a set of dental and postcranial elements found at Callao Cave (Northern Luzon, Philippines) and dated to at least 50-67 ka. Seven postcanine maxillary teeth are attributed to this taxon, five of them belonging to the same individual (CCH6) and representing the holotype of H. luzonensis, whereas the isolated upper premolar CCH8 and the upper third molar CCH9 are paratypes of the spec…
Late Middle Pleistocene hominin teeth from Tongzi, southern China
Perikymata distribution in Homo with special reference to the Xujiayao juvenile
The present study further clarifies variation of perikymata distribution patterns within the genus Homo. The perikymata distribution of the Xujiayao juvenile tends to be more similar to that of modern humans than to either early Homo or Neandertals
Interproximal grooves on the Middle Pleistocene hominin teeth from Yiyuan, Shandong Province: New evidence for tooth-picking behavior from eastern China
Morphological description and evolutionary significance of 300 ka hominin facial bones from Hualongdong, China
Coupled ESR and U-series dating of fossil teeth from Yiyuan hominin site, northern China
Morphological and morphometric analyses of a late Middle Pleistocene hominin mandible from Hualongdong, China
Early Pleistocene hominin deciduous teeth from the Homo antecessor Gran Dolina‐TD6 bearing level (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)
This study expands the list of plesiomorphic features of H. antecessor, and provides some information on the evolutionary status of this species. However, the identification of some advanced traits evinces a step towards the derived morphology of European Pleistocene teeth. The study of the deciduous dentition confirms the mosaic pattern of H. antecessor morphology revealed in previous studies of this hominin sample
Late Pleistocene hominin teeth from Laoya Cave, southern China
Recent fossil finds have complicated the picture of East Asian Late Pleistocene hominin taxonomy and morphology, necessitating analysis of more fossils with secure dates and stratigraphic contexts to better contextualize human evolution during this epoch. Field excavations at the Laoya Cave in Guizhou Province, China in 2013 recovered two isolated human teeth (M3 and dm2). The teeth date from ~21–24 kya, according to AMS radiocarbon dating. The p…
A new brain endocast of Homo erectus from Hulu Cave, Nanjing, China
A new brain endocast of Homo erectus from Hulu Cave, Tangshan, Nanjing is described and compared with a broad sample of endocasts of H. erectus , Neanderthals, and recent modern humans. The Nanjing 1 endocast is reconstructed based on two portions of endocranial casts taken from the original fossil fragments. The fossil was discovered in 1993, near Nanjing, South China and is dated to ∼ 0.58–0.62 Ma. The cranial capacity is ∼ 876 cc, as determine…
Early Pleistocene hominin teeth from Gongwangling of Lantian, Central China
Middle Pleistocene human femoral diaphyses from Hualongdong, Anhui Province, China
OBJECTIVES: The paleontological description and comparative analysis using discrete morphology, morphometrics (linear and geometric) and cross-sectional geometry of three femoral diaphyseal sections from the Middle Pleistocene site of Hualongdong, China. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The material consists of the original Hualongdong femoral fossils and available data on femoral diaphyses from Middle and Late Pleistocene archaic humans and Middle and ear…
Premolar enamel thickness and distribution of a Miocene hominid Lufengpithecus hudienensis compared with Pleistocene and extant hominids
Geometric morphometric analyses of orbit shape in Asian, African, and European human populations
The variation of orbit shape has been investigated, especially its role in population classification. However, previous studies that treated orbit shape as a linear metric or non-metric trait have not produced conclusive quantitative data to show whether orbit shape is an accurate reflection of population affinity. Thus, in this study in order to examine regional variation in the orbit shape of contemporary Asian, African, and European population…
Comparative dental study between Homo antecessor and Chinese Homo erectus: Nonmetric features and geometric morphometrics
The upper limb skeleton and behavioral lateralization of modern humans from Zhaoguo Cave, southwestern China
OBJECTIVES: Aims of the study are to initially describe and comparatively evaluate the morphology of the new Zhaoguo M1 upper limb remains, and contextualize upper limb functional adaptations among those of other worldwide Upper Paleolithic (UP) humans to make inferences about subsistence-related activity patterns in southwestern China at the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The preserved Zhaoguo M1 skeletal remains include p…
Dental Scratches and Handedness in East Asian Early Pleistocene Hominins
The current study aims to characterise dental scratches found on an East Asian hominin upper left central incisor (I1) and lower left lateral incisor (I2) from the Early Pleistocene (Meipu site, Yunxian County), and infer the preference for handedness of these two individuals by quantifying the orientation of dental scratches. The labial surfaces of these two teeth were observed and imaged using light microscopes and/or scanning electron microsco…
Micro-CT Imaging and Analysis of Enamel Defects on the Early Late Pleistocene Xujiayao Juvenile
Dental pathologies and enamel defects in East Asian hominins have rarely been reported. Here, we systematically document and describe a suite of enamel defects in the Xujiayao juvenile maxilla, an East Asian hominin from the early Late Pleistocene that may represent an unknown hominin lineage. In addition, we determine the chronology of growth disruptions represented by matched linear enamel hypoplasias, evaluate the long-held hypothesis that the…
Human remains from Zhirendong, South China, and modern human emergence in East Asia
The 2007 discovery of fragmentary human remains (two molars and an anterior mandible) at Zhirendong (Zhiren Cave) in South China provides insight in the processes involved in the establishment of modern humans in eastern Eurasia. The human remains are securely dated by U-series on overlying flowstones and a rich associated faunal sample to the initial Late Pleistocene, >100 kya. As such, they are the oldest modern human fossils in East Asia and p…
A new brain endocast of Homo erectus from Hulu Cave, Nanjing, China
A new brain endocast of Homo erectus from Hulu Cave, Tangshan, Nanjing is described and compared with a broad sample of endocasts of H. erectus , Neanderthals, and recent modern humans. The Nanjing 1 endocast is reconstructed based on two portions of endocranial casts taken from the original fossil fragments. The fossil was discovered in 1993, near Nanjing, South China and is dated to ∼ 0.58–0.62 Ma. The cranial capacity is ∼ 876 cc, as determine…
Geometric morphometric analyses of orbit shape in Asian, African, and European human populations
The variation of orbit shape has been investigated, especially its role in population classification. However, previous studies that treated orbit shape as a linear metric or non-metric trait have not produced conclusive quantitative data to show whether orbit shape is an accurate reflection of population affinity. Thus, in this study in order to examine regional variation in the orbit shape of contemporary Asian, African, and European population…
Late Middle Pleistocene hominin teeth from Panxian Dadong, South China
Interproximal grooves on the Middle Pleistocene hominin teeth from Yiyuan, Shandong Province: New evidence for tooth-picking behavior from eastern China
Coupled ESR and U-series dating of fossil teeth from Yiyuan hominin site, northern China
Hominin teeth from the early L ate P leistocene site of X ujiayao, N orthern C hina
It is generally accepted that from the late Middle to the early Late Pleistocene (∼340–90 ka BP), Neanderthals were occupying Europe and Western Asia, whereas anatomically modern humans were present in the African continent. In contrast, the paucity of hominin fossil evidence from East Asia from this period impedes a complete evolutionary picture of the genus Homo , as well as assessment of the possible contribution of or interaction with Asian h…
Perikymata distribution in Homo with special reference to the Xujiayao juvenile
The present study further clarifies variation of perikymata distribution patterns within the genus Homo. The perikymata distribution of the Xujiayao juvenile tends to be more similar to that of modern humans than to either early Homo or Neandertals
Hominin teeth from the Middle Pleistocene site of Yiyuan, Eastern China
Micro-CT Imaging and Analysis of Enamel Defects on the Early Late Pleistocene Xujiayao Juvenile
Dental pathologies and enamel defects in East Asian hominins have rarely been reported. Here, we systematically document and describe a suite of enamel defects in the Xujiayao juvenile maxilla, an East Asian hominin from the early Late Pleistocene that may represent an unknown hominin lineage. In addition, we determine the chronology of growth disruptions represented by matched linear enamel hypoplasias, evaluate the long-held hypothesis that the…
Quaternary biostratigraphy in East Asia: A multidisciplinary research approach on Gigantopithecus fauna and human evolution
Early Pleistocene hominin deciduous teeth from the Homo antecessor Gran Dolina‐TD6 bearing level (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)
This study expands the list of plesiomorphic features of H. antecessor, and provides some information on the evolutionary status of this species. However, the identification of some advanced traits evinces a step towards the derived morphology of European Pleistocene teeth. The study of the deciduous dentition confirms the mosaic pattern of H. antecessor morphology revealed in previous studies of this hominin sample
A mandible from the Middle Pleistocene Hexian site and its significance in relation to the variability of Asian Homo erectus
Mandibular and dental features indicate that the Hexian mandible and teeth differ from northern Chinese H. erectus and European Middle Pleistocene hominins, but show some affinities with the Early Pleistocene specimens from Africa (Homo ergaster) and Java (H. erectus), as well as the Middle-Late Pleistocene mandible from Penghu, Taiwan. Compared to contemporaneous continental Asian hominin populations, the Hexian fossils may represent the surviva…
Late Pleistocene hominin teeth from Laoya Cave, southern China
Recent fossil finds have complicated the picture of East Asian Late Pleistocene hominin taxonomy and morphology, necessitating analysis of more fossils with secure dates and stratigraphic contexts to better contextualize human evolution during this epoch. Field excavations at the Laoya Cave in Guizhou Province, China in 2013 recovered two isolated human teeth (M3 and dm2). The teeth date from ~21–24 kya, according to AMS radiocarbon dating. The p…
Dental Scratches and Handedness in East Asian Early Pleistocene Hominins
The current study aims to characterise dental scratches found on an East Asian hominin upper left central incisor (I1) and lower left lateral incisor (I2) from the Early Pleistocene (Meipu site, Yunxian County), and infer the preference for handedness of these two individuals by quantifying the orientation of dental scratches. The labial surfaces of these two teeth were observed and imaged using light microscopes and/or scanning electron microsco…
Homo sapiensin the Eastern Asian Late Pleistocene
Recent fossil and genetic data poses new questions about the degree of variability of the Late Pleistocene fossils from China and the possible interaction of modern humans with other archaic hominins. This paper presents a general overview of the variability of the dental fossil record from some key Late Pleistocene localities in China. Our study reveals that despite having similar chronologies, not all the samples present the same suite of deriv…
New permanent teeth from Gran Dolina-TD6 (Sierra de Atapuerca). The bearing of Homo antecessor on the evolutionary scenario of Early and Middle Pleistocene Europe
Late Middle Pleistocene hominin teeth from Tongzi, southern China
Climate-influenced cave deposition and human occupation during the Pleistocene in Zhiren Cave, southwest China
The upper limb skeleton and behavioral lateralization of modern humans from Zhaoguo Cave, southwestern China
OBJECTIVES: Aims of the study are to initially describe and comparatively evaluate the morphology of the new Zhaoguo M1 upper limb remains, and contextualize upper limb functional adaptations among those of other worldwide Upper Paleolithic (UP) humans to make inferences about subsistence-related activity patterns in southwestern China at the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The preserved Zhaoguo M1 skeletal remains include p…
A broader perspective on estimating dental age for the Xujiayao juvenile, a late Middle Pleistocene archaic hominin from East Asia
Middle Pleistocene human femoral diaphyses from Hualongdong, Anhui Province, China
OBJECTIVES: The paleontological description and comparative analysis using discrete morphology, morphometrics (linear and geometric) and cross-sectional geometry of three femoral diaphyseal sections from the Middle Pleistocene site of Hualongdong, China. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The material consists of the original Hualongdong femoral fossils and available data on femoral diaphyses from Middle and Late Pleistocene archaic humans and Middle and ear…
An early Holocene human skull from Zhaoguo cave, Southwestern China
OBJECTIVES: In this study, we describe a newly excavated early Holocene human cranium from Guizhou, Southwestern China, namely the Zhaoguo M1 (ZG 1). We aim to evaluate its morphological resemblance with Late Pleistocene human, and Northern and Southern China Neolithic populations. We also aim to infer its position in the process of East Asian population regionalization. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The ZG 1 skull is almost complete, only missing parts…
Comparative dental study between Homo antecessor and Chinese Homo erectus: Nonmetric features and geometric morphometrics
Morphological description and evolutionary significance of 300 ka hominin facial bones from Hualongdong, China
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (41 works) · Biology (31 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (30 works) · Pleistocene (30 works) · Paleontology (27 works) · Geography (23 works) · Paleontology (22 works) · Archaeology (21 works) · Geology (20 works) · Evolutionary biology (19 works)