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Paper reference code: B.111

Does not recommend the paper for publication in Philosophical Transactions [of the Royal Society] as it is 'more suited for a scientific magazine'. Notes that it contains some contributions to knowledge. Suggests that a 'much shorter' version of the paper may be suitable for publication by the Geological Society.

[Not published in Royal Society journals, but printed as an occasional paper by the University of London Institute of Archaeology in 1939].

Reference number
RR/W/5/20
Earliest possible date
26 February 1937
Physical description
Report on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Typescript

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Martin Alister Campbell Hinton

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Martin Alister Campbell Hinton, Copy of Referee's comments [by Martin Alister Campbell], on a paper 'The age of Sinanthropus - An attempted correlation of quaternary geology, palaeontology and prehistory in Europe and China' by Wen-Chung Pei [Pei Wenzhong], 26 February 1937, RR/W/5/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_5_20/copy-of-referees-comments-by-martin-alister-campbell-on-a-paper-the-age-of-sinanthropus-an-attempted-correlation-of-quaternary-geology-palaeontology-and-prehistory-in-europe-and-china-by-wen-chung-pei-pei-wenzhong, accessed on 21 April 2026

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