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Also Known As	Ta-li

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The Dali skull, found in 1978 at the Dali (Ta-li) site in Shaanxi (Shensi) province, China. Combining a thick and massive cranial vault with a short and markedly flattened face, the skull has been assigned by various paleoanthropologists to Homo erectus, H. heidelbergensis, and even early H. sapiens.

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China

country, Asia

Karst peaks near Xi'an

Shaanxi

province, China