Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were innovating during the Middle Paleolithic, like in Europe and Middle East
- Written by Ben Marwick, Professor of Archaeology, University of Washington
The artifacts found at Longtan, southwest China, were as old as 60,000 years.Qijun RuanNew technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before. During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans’ neighbors, new technologies meant something quite different: new kinds of stone tools...