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Filled the blank in Paleolithic archaeology in the province, the ancient human activity 100,000 to 200,000 years earlier or push

AP archaeologists recently found in Yunan County of yunfu city, Guangdong Province, luoding city, and a number of Paleolithic sites, including hand picks, collected specimens of more than 200 pieces of stone products, including hand axes, the earliest era to the early Paleolithic age. According to reports, Guangdong has been found, this is the first of ancient cultural relics, the Zhoukoudian Peking Man earlier, Guangdong is known ahead of time for hundreds of thousands of years of human activity.

　　More than 20 square kilometers is more than 60 sites

"This is the first discovery of early Paleolithic relic in Guangdong, fills a gap in Paleolithic archaeology in Guangdong, also fills a Paleolithic archaeological research in South China Guangdong a blank map. "The Guangdong Provincial Institute of cultural relics Deputy Director Deng Hongwen 10th told reporters.

According to archaeological project manager Liu Suoqiang's introduction, archaeologists found in the investigation phase, about 20 square kilometres in a very focused manner appear more than more than 60 old stone age relics, mainly located in the middle reaches of the Xijiang River tributary of the Nan River on both sides of the first floor. According to the geomorphology, stratigraphic accumulation and cultural relics face judgment, newly discovered stone age earliest age in the early Palaeolithic. Previously found in Qujiang Lion Rock in Northern Guangdong, Guangdong as early as "residents" Maba man fossils from about 130,000 years ago, Paleolithic mid-term.

Liu Suoqiang told reporters at the scene, the area is an ancient Riverbed under 6 meters above the ground, high river 40 meters from now. Found in the excavation of trial and an axe, hand picks, chopping, flakes, cores, blocks and stone, pebbles are locally in the ancient Riverbed of the ancients, after a strike to dig tubers and gathering wild plants and hunting.

　　No human, animal and plant fossils found

"Life in the ancient humans have a certain size and activity time is relatively long. "Liu Suoqiang said. Because of the reticulate red clay of the river terraces where the site is a strongly acidic soils, it is very difficult for the burial of organic matter preserved environment, make it nearly impossible to find human, animal and plant fossils.

The archaeological excavations by the Guangdong Provincial Institute of cultural relics and Archaeology Research Institute, Beijing University Department of Archaeology Museum, yunfu City Museum and Museum, Yu, was launched in late April. Preliminary archaeological survey, beginning as early as end of 2012, results of surveys in 2013 to be from Beijing, Hunan, Guangxi and other places of archaeological experts confirmed.

According to reports, the Guangdong Provincial Institute of archaeology has reached an agreement with College of Beijing University Department of Archaeology Museum, built in local Paleolithic archaeology teaching and research base, plans to start, common to stone age, ancient human activities, local climate and environment and conservation and other issues were discussed.

　　Expert interpretation

　　Guangdong Provincial Institute of cultural relics and archaeology, former Deputy Director Qiu Licheng:

New sites pushed the Guangdong human activity at least 100,000 to 200,000 years before

New Express News reporter Zhou Wen intern Lin Zeling reported in for decades years of archaeological experience in the, Guangdong Province archaeological by original Deputy, Director of, and archaeological expert Qiu Licheng said, Guangdong archaeological territories on old stone period of archaeological found does not strange, has recognized of Shaoguan Maba people, and fengkai dong in the rock people, and yunfu Beaulieu hole people, was think currently found of Guangdong area first of ancient human, belongs to old stone medium-term, from this about 100,000 to 200,000 years.

"Old earlier sporadic stone found in Guangdong, Guangzhou City has also, for example, luogang, Huangpu, zengcheng, Panyu, there have been sporadic finds, but these findings and no further mining. "Qiu Licheng believes that the yunfu city within the greater concentration of archaeological discoveries, to study early Paleolithic human activities in southern China and opened the first door.

He said, the old stone age human remains found in Baise basin, Guangxi, has been recognized by academia, can be inferred to some 800,000 years ago, the "present archaeological findings assertion from Guangdong, Guangdong region of earliest human activity for about 200,000 years ago, yet have sufficient archaeological finds can demonstrate an earlier period. But similar to Guangdong and Guangxi, measured in Guangxi in 800,000 years, so these early discoveries of Paleolithic, proved that earlier human activity in Guangdong Province, is not surprising. ”

As early as the end of last year, Qiu Licheng yunfu visited the archaeological area, "there certainly is, and new archaeological discoveries at least 200,000 years ago, human activities, is largely considered, these human activities can at least now some 200,000 years ago, move up from 100,000 to 200,000 years. ”

According to projections, this group of early Paleolithic archeological discoveries, can prove that the province is about 300,000 to 400,000 years ago, already has human activity. Qiu Licheng said, as for the specific age, require further certification.

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800,000: ruins of humans in the Baise basin, Guangxi

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About 200,000 years: yunfu panlong cave

In 1987, the archaeologists in yunfu City area north of Lion Rock in panlong cave, and finds two fossil teeth, textual inference as early Homo fossils. Yunfu panlong cave dating back about 200,000 years.

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130,000: Shaoguan Maba people

In 1958, the Opera, Shaoguan city, MA Ba Zhen Jiang XI Maba man skull fossils were unearthed North of Lion Rock, isotopic dating from about 129,000 years ago. Maba man is a cross between a Chinese man and modern man's ancient humans, to 130,000 years ago, Paleolithic hominid.

03:49 on June 12, 2014 Golden Goat Web-Express