Meaning of Tzu-yang | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“The three southern fossils were in various stages of development, with Liu-chiang Man from Kwangsi as the oldest, followed by Tzu-yang Man from Szechwan (cf. 2, 57-58) and Lai-pin Man also from Kwangsi in chronological order⟳.[...]The Tzu-yang Man is represented by a very complete⟳ skull which bears some resemblance to Homo erectus on the one hand and Homo sapiens on the other, forming a link⟳ between the two widely different stages of Chou-k'ou-tien.[...]Pebble and flake chopping-tools were used and occasionally, as at Tzu-yang, a triangular bone splint was scraped into a point⟳ which became blunt and polished through long usage.”

“He further claimed to be able to trace Mongoloid evolution from Peking Man through a series of Chinese Middle and Upper Pleistocene fossils, including the early sapiens forms of Mongoloid type⟳ represented by the Upper Pleistocene skulls from Tzu-yang, Szechwan, and Liu-chiang, Kwangsi⁸⁴.”

“An extreme example is provided by Tzu-yang county, in Shensi, one of the poorest regions, the annual tax return⟳ of which was 341 piculs of grain, less than one-thousandth of Shanghai's.”

“After a day's journey of some 17 miles, we once more crossed tho Lu-chou river, and entered Tzŭ-yang Hsien.”

“Before leaving the Old Stone Age in Pleistocene China, it may be worthwhile to mention⟳ two additional sites in South China which have⟳ recently been investigated. In 1951 the remains of the Tzŭ-yang Man was unearthed at Huang-shan-hsi, in Tzŭ-yang, Szechwan (48. 49–50).”

“Preliminary examination of skulls from the Upper Cave at Choukoutien and from Tzŭ-yang in Szechwan shows that the Chinese physcial type⟳ had already emerged at least as far back as the Late Pleistocene.”

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