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News Release 04-131
Out of Africa: Scientists Find Earliest Evidence Yet of Human Presence in Northeast Asia
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Overview of the oldest excavated archaeological stratum at Majuangou, with stone artifacts and fossilized bones preserved on an animal-trampled surface.
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Stone artifacts and modified bones from Majuangou. Top left, nortch made on a flake. Top right, chopper made on angular fragment. Middle left, multi-platform polyhedron made on angular fragment. Middle right, scraper made on a flake. Bottom left, hammerstone. Bottom right, mammalian long-bone fragments with impact notches and flake scars.
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