Baishiya Karst Cave
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| Archaeologist | Chen Fahu |
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| Excavation date | 2018 |
| Locations | Xiahe County |
| Gansu | |
| China | |
| Altitude | 3,280 m (10,761 ft) |
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| ID | 3101902 |
About Baishiya Karst Cave
Baishiya Karst Cave is a Tibetan Buddhist sanctuary and a high-altitude paleoanthropological site located on the northeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau in Xiahe County, Gansu, China. This karst cave is the site of the discovery of the earliest hominin fossil found on the Tibetan Plateau, the Xiahe mandible.
