Shangchen (Chinese: 上陈) is a palaeolithic archaeological site in Shangchen village, Yushan Town (zh), Lantian County, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. Stone tools found at the site and dated to 2.12 million years ago are considered the earliest known evidence of hominins outside Africa, surpassing Dmanisi in Georgia by 300,000 years.[1][2] Shangchen was occupied for 850,000 years, with the newest tools found dating to 1.26 million years ago. No hominin fossils have been found.[1][2]