Tools and pieces of the clay earth pigment found in northern China date to about 40,000 years old, and introduce new theories about early human migration
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.
No sapiens bones were found at Xiamabei, but archaeologists found a pigment-processing industry and miniaturized stone tools far in advance of their broad adoption in prehistoric China
A new study in Nature by an international team of researchers opens a window into hunter-gatherer lifestyles 40,000 years ago. Archaeological excavations at the site of Xiamabei in the Nihewan Basin of northern China have shed light on the presence o