NewfindsinChina'sGuizhouindicateprehistorichumanactivityover55,000yearsago_GuangmingOnlineNewfindsinChina'sGuizhouindicateprehistorichumanactivityover55,000yearsagoThisundatedfilephotoshowstheChuandongSiteinPudingCounty,southwestChina'sGuizhouProvince.Largequantitiesofartifactsmadeofstone,boneandhornhavebeenunearthedatChuandongSiteinPudingCounty,southwestChina'sGuizhouProvince,indicatingprehistorichumanactivitydatingbackmorethan55,000years.(Xinhua)GUIYANG,Jan.16(Xinhua)--Largequantitiesofartifactsmadeofstone,boneandhornhavebeenunearthedatChuandongSiteinPudingCounty,southwestChina'sGuizhouProvince,indicatingprehistorichumanactivitydatingbackmorethan55,000years.ChuandongSite,firstdiscoveredin1978,isbelievedtohaveexistedacrosstheendofthemiddlePaleolithicPeriod,thelatePaleolithicPeriodandtheNeolithicAge.Overtwoyearsofexcavationwork,thethirdonesince1978,researchersdiscoveredanewsoillayeratthesite,wheretheyfoundmorethan100,000animalbones,over10,000piecesofearthenwareandstoneware,andmorethan2,500itemsmadeofboneorhorn.AfossilofaNeoanthropusHomosapienssapiensmolartoothdatingbackapproximately50,000to60,000yearswasunearthed,accordingtoexpertswiththeGuizhouprovincialculturalrelicsandarchaeologyinstitute,andtheInstituteofVertebratePaleontologyandPaleoanthropologyundertheChineseAcademyofSciences.Theyalsoexcavatedthreegravesdatingbackabout10,000years,discoveringhumanbonesandboneartifactsincludingabonefishhook.Duringtheprevioustwoexcavations,morethan10,000piecesofstoneware,boneartifacts,animalandhumanfossils,aswellastwoalmostcompletehumancraniumswerediscovered.ThisundatedfilephotoshowsafossilofaNeoanthropusHomosapienssapiensmolartoothunearthedattheChuandongSiteinPudingCounty,southwestChina'sGuizhouProvince.Largequantitiesofartifactsmadeofstone,boneandhornhavebeenunearthedatChuandongSiteinPudingCounty,southwestChina'sGuizhouProvince,indicatingprehistorichumanactivitydatingbackmorethan55,000years.(Xinhua)ThisundatedfilephotoshowsabonefishhookunearthedattheChuandongSiteinPudingCounty,southwestChina'sGuizhouProvince.Largequantitiesofartifactsmadeofstone,boneandhornhavebeenunearthedatChuandongSiteinPudingCounty,southwestChina'sGuizhouProvince,indicatingprehistorichumanactivitydatingbackmorethan55,000years.(Xinhua)ThisundatedfilephotoshowsahornartifactunearthedattheChuandongSiteinPudingCounty,southwestChina'sGuizhouProvince.Largequantitiesofartifactsmadeofstone,boneandhornhavebeenunearthedatChuandongSiteinPudingCounty,southwestChina'sGuizhouProvince,indicatingprehistorichumanactivitydatingbackmorethan55,000years.(Xinhua)Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.