Mianchi Yuanqu Basin is the first discovery place of Paleogene strata and Eocene mammalian fauna in China, which was discovered by Swedish geologist Antsen in June 1916.From 1985 to 1994, Chinese and foreign scientists discovered the world's earliestHigher primatesThe mammalian Shuape fossils (Mianchishanghe Shuape) belong to the Rencun Shanghe fauna in the late Eocene (Salamulun Period), about 45 million years ago.
Before the discovery of the Shuape fossils, the world's first higher primatesanimal fossilIt was discovered in Beibaiyumu, about 35 million years ago, from which the ancient anthropologists believed that the earliest place of origin of human beings was Africa.The discovery of the Shuape fossil site in Shanghe, Mianchi has shaken the assertion that "human beings originated in Africa" and pushed forward the emergence of anthropoids by 10 million years. Yuanqu Mianchi Basin has become the earliest place of origin of human ancestors in the world so far.[1]
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Mianchi Shanghe Shu ape fossil site has become one of the most representative fossil sites in the late Middle Eocene, and is also internationally recognized as one of the origins of human ancestors.[1]
