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Archaeologists Determine Ancient Origins of Cache of 35 Wooden Tools Found in China
Of the 35 tools found, 32 were determined by scientists to have been modified at their base, with some possessing rounded ...
300,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Discovered in China
Newly uncovered wooden tools from Pleistocene China reveal complex, plant-focused technology far earlier than expected in East Asia. Researchers working at the Pleistocene-era Gantangqing site in ...
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Republicans urge US universities to cut ties with Chinese-backed scholarship program
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are urging seven U.S. universities to cut ties with a Chinese scholarship program that ...
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Great Wall explorer records unmapped ruins
The UNESCO World Heritage Site was constructed over the course of 2,000 years. It worked as a fortification system to defend ...
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Explore the History of Any Place on Earth With This Interactive Map
Fortunately, there’s an interactive map that can help with that. As Boing Boing explains, TimeMap.org combines the what, who, and where of history into one convenient world map.
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China finds world’s oldest steel acupuncture needles in 2,000-year-old emperor’s tomb
The world’s earliest known steel “acupuncture needles,” dating back roughly 2,000 years, have been unearthed in China. It’s ...
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This Ancient Chinese Text Could Be the World’s Oldest Human Body Chart
A groundbreaking discovery in the realm of ancient medicine has emerged from a 2,200-year-old tomb in southern China. Researchers uncovered a Chinese text on silk that could very well be the world’s ...
Oldest wooden tools in East Asia may have come from any of three species
Someone made very sophisticated wooden tools in China 300,000 years ago, and it might have been Denisovans or even Homo ...