Lantian Man , formerly Sinanthropus lantianensis is a subspecies of Homo erectus. Its discovery in 1963 was first described by J. K. Woo the following year. The cranial capacity is estimated to be 780 cubic centimetres , somewhat similar to that of its contemporary, Java Man. Remnants of Lantian Man were found in Lantian County, in China's Shaanxi province, approximately 50 km southeast of Xi'an. Shortly after the discovery of the mandible of the first Lantian Man at Chenjiawo , also in Lantian, a cranium with nasal bones, right maxilla, and three teeth of another specimen of Lantian Man were found at Gongwangling , another site in Lantian.
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