Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reconstruction of Xigou tool-making. (CREDIT: Hulk Yuan) Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged ...

Ancient Egyptian artifacts like massive granite boxes, statues, and stone vessels display levels of precision—perfect ...

Hidden inside the British Museum are artifacts that raise uncomfortable questions about ancient technology. Among the most mysterious are thousands of stone vases carved from extremely hard rock.

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Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged by the discovery of a richly-layered archaeological site located in central China. The excavation project at Xigou, led by the ...