| Nanjing Man Fossil range: Pleistocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukarya |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Genus: | Homo |
| Species: | H. erectus |
| Subspecies: | H. e. nankinensis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Homo erectus nankinensis |
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Nanjing Man (Homo erectus nankinensis) a subspecies of Homo erectus found in China. A male and a female skull of Nanjing Man were discovered in 1993 in Tangshan Cave near Nanjing, and they have been dated to be about 580,000 to 620,000 years old[1]. The skull is now preserved in Nanjing Museum and is under in-depth research by authoritative scientists in the field.
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