Harbin

After retiring in 2010, Shen and Zhao dedicated themselves to building the sport in their country and joined their coach Yao Bin to strengthen training programs in Zhao’s hometown of Harbin.

That scenario seems likely, especially given the surprising mix of features on the Harbin skull, says paleoanthropologist Katerina Harvati of Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen in Germany, who did not participate in the new studies.

Measures of the decay of radioactive uranium in the Harbin skull provided its minimum age estimate of 146,000 years.

Chemical analyses of the fossil and sediment still attached to it indicate an origin in the Harbin area, even if the researchers can’t confirm the farmer’s story to Ji.

During bridge construction over a river in Harbin, China, the worker allegedly scooped the skull out of river sediment.

But for reasons that remain unclear, Anna and Paul turned west and fled from Harbin to Berlin.

From Harbin on this railway a branch runs south to Mukden, which since 1908 has become an important railway centre.

Thus a great north and south connexion nearly 2000 m. long is established from Canton to Harbin.

Immediately after leaving Harbin we crossed the finest bridge of the whole journey to Omsk.

The gem of the proceedings was a presentation of two lovely bouquets by the English ladies of Harbin.

The next stop of this character was at a fairly big station about twenty hours from Harbin.