Sinanthropus

CCTV – the acronym for Central China TV - has produced a number of documentaries dealing with paleoanthropological discoveries in China. Their international service has produced English language programs but most are in Chinese only. Links to Chinese paleoanthropological videos are listed after the break.

Homo erectus from Yiyuan, Shandong is hardly known outside of China. Yiyuan is one of half a dozen Homo erectus sites discovered in China since the famous discoveries at the "Peking Man" site of Zhoukoudian:
http://english.cctv.com/program/newfrontiers/20100311/102314.shtml
http://english.cctv.com/program/newfrontiers/20100312/102187.shtml
http://english.cctv.com/program/newfrontiers/20100315/102228.shtml

New excavations and research results at Zhoukoudian:
http://english.cctv.com/program/cultureexpress/20091022/101696.shtml

Two Chinese language documentaries on the history of Peking Man and the Zhoukoudian site, with lots of archival film footage:
http://v.ku6.com/show/iN86YKESx2mVQLMS.html
http://v.ku6.com/show/Ummqe7ln4pdeYEQ4.html
http://v.ku6.com/show/1sOQCEjSXqCktrvU.html

http://www.cabrillo.edu/~detler/Zhoukoudian Part 1.flv
http://www.cabrillo.edu/~detler/Zhoukoudian Part 2.flv

A Chinese language documentary on the H. erectus crania from Yunxian, Hubei, including clips of yours truly discussing their significance:
http://www.cabrillo.edu/~detler/Yunxian video Part 1.flv
http://www.cabrillo.edu/~detler/Yunxian video Part 2a.flv
http://www.cabrillo.edu/~detler/Yunxian video Part 2b.flv
http://www.cabrillo.edu/~detler/Yunxian video Part 2c.flv
http://www.cabrillo.edu/~detler/Yunxian video Part 2d.flv

A news report on the reconstruction of the second Yunxian cranium by a joint Franco-Sino team lead by Li Tianyuan and the DeLumley's:
http://www.cabrillo.edu/~detler/yunxian_whtv.wmv

Early Paleolithic archaeology in the Nihewan Basin, Hebei:
http://bugu.cntv.cn/life/humanities/tianxiadaguan/classpage/video/20091120/100627.shtml
http://v.ku6.com/show/r8BqLUSWqWIcZxtt.html

A beautifully produced Chinese language documentary on the history of paleoanthropological research in China with a focus on the Wushan hominoid from Longgupo, Sichuan:
http://tv.sohu.com/20100126/n269828171.shtml
http://tv.sohu.com/20100126/n269828121.shtml

Two Chinese language documentaries on the Homo erectus site of Yuanmou, Yunnan. Second with Prof. Zhou Guoxing:
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/6QlKBc2GPwU
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTM0OTgyMDk2.html

Crazy plan to build monumental "Human Ancestor Worship Altar" in Yunnan commemorating East Asian human ancestry: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/GNupH0Aqi6c

A Chinese language documentary on the Homo erectus site of Lantian, Shaanxi:
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTU5ODEzMzY=.html
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTU5ODIyODA=.html

A Chinese language documentary on the Homo erectus site of Hexian, Anhui:
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_co00XMTY3MTM1NDg=.html
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTY3MTM2MjA=.html

A Chinese language documentary on the Nanjing Homo erectus site at Tangshan:
http://video.sina.com.cn/v/b/26577520-1665804467.html

A Chinese language documentary on the archaic cranium and partial human skeleton from Jinniushan in Liaoning:
http://www.cabrillo.edu/~detler/Jinniushan 1.mp4
http://www.cabrillo.edu/~detler/Jinniushan 2.mp4
http://www.cabrillo.edu/~detler/Jinniushan 3.mp4

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