Crystals in bones enabled dating of stone tools in China to 146,000 years ago

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2026-05-11 09:00

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China Lingjing

Crystals inside bone finds enabled the dating of the Lingjing archaeological site in central China to 146,000 years ago.
Stone tools found at the site were made by early humans called Homo juluensis, relatives of Homo sapiens.
This discovery shows that early humans in China produced complex stone tools earlier than previously believed.