Paleolithic relics found in NW China

Xinhua | Updated: 2019-12-09 11:05
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Archaeologists work at the Jiege Cave site in Nanzheng district, Hanzhong city, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, April 13, 2019. [Photo provided to Xinhua]

The remains of traces of human activity, stone processing sites and fireplaces, along with more than 10,000 pieces of human fossils, rock products, burned bones and animal fossils have been found in the cave site, said Wang Shejiang, a researcher with the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Wang said the Jiege Cave is a rare Paleolithic archaeological site in China that preserves human fossils and rich cultural remains from 100,000 to 15,000 years ago. The finding provides important archaeological evidence for the hypothesis that early modern humans in China and even in East Asia evolved from the local ancient population, according to Wang.

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