Tianyuan Cave

Tianyuan Cave
Location in China
Coordinates39°39′28″N 115°52′17″E / 39.65778°N 115.87139°E / 39.65778; 115.87139
History
Founded42,000 BP
Abandoned39,000 BP
PeriodsPaleolithic China

Tianyuan Cave (simplified Chinese: 田园洞; traditional Chinese: 田園洞; pinyin: Tiányuán Dòng) is near Beijing (not in Tianyuan District), where Tianyuan man, one of the earliest modern humans, was found.

The remains in the Tianyuan Cave have ancestral relations "to many present-day Asians and Native Americans".

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