The recent 40,000-year-old north China ochre processing site is providing new evidence of migrations by ancient humans eastward into the limits of East Asia.
The making of hafted and multipurpose tools demonstrated a complex technical system for transforming raw materials not seen at older or slightly younger sites, according to the study.
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An international team including Chinese, French and German archeologists has reported a unique pigment-processing and stone-making culture of our immediate ancestors in northern China, offering a vivid picture of the hunter-gatherer lifestyle 40,000 years ago there.