The Pleistocene is a geologic epoch within the Quaternary Period, spanning roughly 2.58 million to 11,700 years ago, characterized by repeated glacial–interglacial cycles driven by orbital ...

A deer rib pulled from an ancient butchery site in central China carried an unexpected clue. Inside the bone, calcite ...

In central China, scientists have spent over a decade excavating and studying an archaeological site where ancient humans ...

Scientists in China discovered that ancient humans were making surprisingly advanced stone tools during a harsh ice age ...

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Ice Age tools dating back 146,000 years, discovered in an ancient Chinese cave, reveal surprising human adaptations to a ...

Tiny crystals hidden inside an ancient bone forced scientists to redraw the timeline of a famous Homo juluensis tool site.

“The calcite crystals inside the bone acted like a natural clock, allowing us to refine the age of the site,” Zhao explained. Previously, researchers thought that the tools found in Lingjing were ...

Unexpected Ice Age innovation: Lingjing’s 146,000-year-old tools show Homo juluensis crafted sophisticated implements during a glacial period, not a warm era. Dating crystals in bones: Calcite ...