Drawing the Paleolithic picture
China DailyA shovel-shaped tool made from a straight-tusked elephant's incisor from the Bashan site in Shandong province. CHINA DAILY Excavations reveal settlements close to rivers and evidence of hunting, reports Zhao Ruixue in Linyi, Shandong province. However difficult it might have been to imagine at the time, this event changed the fate of the village and the surrounding areas for the best, as the force of the water washed away the soil to reveal significant archaeological remains. "Someone found animal fossils likely been washed out by the water," says Li Gang, a researcher at the Shandong Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, as he recounted the call he received from the dean. Upon arriving at the village, Li was greeted by a trove of fossils covered in riverbank mud, with one particularly memorable find being a segment of an elephant molar.
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Drawing the Paleolithic picture
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Drawing the Paleolithic picture
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Drawing the Paleolithic picture
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