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The first discovery was in 1973, when petroleum geologists accidentally ran across a dozen stone artifacts. Paleolithic stone tools, notably hand axes have since been found at 114 sites in the basin. [1] They were found in a tektite layer dated to 800,000 years ago. Fossils in some of the caves may be 2 million years old. [2] [3]
Pages in category "Archaeological sites in China" The following 122 pages are in this category, out of 122 total. ... List of Paleolithic sites in China. National ...
Pages in category "Paleolithic sites in China" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Stone tools discovered at the Xiaochangliang site. The tool forms discovered include side and end scrapers, notches, burins, and disc cores.Although it is generally more difficult to date Asian sites than African sites because Asian sites typically lack volcanic materials that can be dated isotropically, the age of the tools has been magnetostratigraphically dated as 1.36 million years.
This is a list of dates associated with the prehistoric peopling of the world (first known presence of Homo sapiens). The list is divided into four categories, Middle Paleolithic (before 50,000 years ago), Upper Paleolithic (50,000 to 12,500 years ago), Holocene (12,500 to 500 years ago) and Modern ( Age of Sail and modern exploration).
Paleolithic China Tianyuan Cave ( simplified Chinese : 田园洞 ; traditional Chinese : 田園洞 ; pinyin : Tiányuán Dòng ) is near Beijing (not in Tianyuan District ), where Tianyuan man , one of the earliest modern humans , was found.
In 1959, archaeologists discovered the site on a terrace 170 meters above the river surface on the east bank of the Yellow River in Xihoudu Village, Ruicheng County. Three excavations were carried out in 1961, 1962, and 2005. [3] Dating back 1.8 million years, it is the oldest known Paleolithic cultural sites in China. [4]