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Hafted stone tools in China suggest early hominins were more inventive than thought
- January 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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A newly excavated archaeological site in central China is reshaping long-held assumptions about early hominin behavior in Eastern Asia. Led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, an international team of researchers conducted archaeological excavations at Xigou, located in the Danjiangkou Reservoir Region in central China, uncovering evidence of advanced stone tool technologies dating back 160,000–72,000 years ago.
Originally published at Phys.org