CHINA-STONE TOOL TECHNOLOGY-EAST ASIAN HOMININS-STUDY (CN)

(240307) -- BEIJING, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This image provided by the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows the stone tools unearthed at Cenjiawan site in Nihewan basin, northern China. An international research team led by Chinese scientists has found that East Asian hominins had possessed advanced stone tool technology as early as 1.1 million years ago, much earlier than previously thought. TO GO WITH "Scientists reveal stone tool technology of East Asian hominins 1.1 mln years ago" (Xinhua)