16万年前,中国的荷明人制造了先进的石器工具 重新塑造了对早期人类技术的理解 Chinese hominins made advanced stone tools 160,000 years ago, reshaping understanding of early human technology.

对自然通信的一项研究报告说,早在16万年前,根据河南省Xigou场址的调查结果,中国的Hominins就创造了复杂的复合石器工具。 A study in Nature Communications reports that hominins in China created sophisticated composite stone tools as early as 160,000 years ago, based on findings from the Xigou site in Henan Province. 这2600件工具由石英和石英岩制成，包括刮削器、钻孔器和带柄的工具——体现了先进的规划和工艺。 The 2,600 tools, made from quartz and quartzite, include scrapers, borers, and hafted implements—evidence of advanced planning and craftsmanship. 这一发现挑战了东亚先前关于技术简单化的假设,并表明认知能力与中到晚Pleistocene期间非洲和欧洲的认知能力相当。 This discovery challenges previous assumptions about technological simplicity in eastern Asia and suggests cognitive abilities comparable to those in Africa and Europe during the Middle to Late Pleistocene.