The reporter learned from the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on the 4th that a multidisciplinary team led by Chinese scientists announced a new archaeological discovery: 35 well-preserved wooden objects dating back about 300,000 years were unearthed during excavations at the Gantangqing site in Yunnan, and confirmed that they were tools made and used by humans. This is currently the earliest wooden tool discovered in East Asia. This multidisciplinary research team consists of professionals from the Institute of Spine Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, and various research institutions at home and abroad. The above results were published online in the international academic journal “Science” in the early morning of July 4.

The reporter learned from the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on the 4th that a multidisciplinary team led by Chinese scientists announced a new archaeological discovery: 35 well-preserved wooden objects dating back about 300,000 years were unearthed during excavations at the Gantangqing site in Yunnan, and confirmed that they were tools made and used by humans. This is currently the earliest wooden tool discovered in East Asia. This multidisciplinary research team consists of professionals from the Institute of Spine Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, and various research institutions at home and abroad. The above results were published online in the international academic journal “Science” in the early morning of July 4.