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.
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
The discovery of a new culture suggests processes of innovation and cultural diversification occurring in Eastern Asia during a period of genetic and cultural h
The finds were made at Xiamabei, a Palaeolithic-aged site located on the south bank of the Huliu River in China's Nihewan Basin, some 100 miles west of Beijing, back in 2013–14. Nihewan Basin is notable for its abundance of archaeological sites that range in age from around two million to 10,000 years ago. While modern