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GUIZHOU PROVINCE, CHINA—According to a Xinhua report, a modern human molar; animal bones; and objects made of stone, bone, and horn have been unearthed in southwestern China at the Chuandong site by researchers from the Guizhou Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Institute and the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology. Discovered in 1978, the newly excavated layer in which the artifacts were found has been dated to more than 50,000 years ago. Three burials dated to 10,000 years ago and a bone fishhook were also found at the site. For more on Homo sapiens in China, go to "An Opportunity for Early Humans in China."
