Heavy!There are major discoveries in Hubei!

Author:Published by Hubei Time:2022.09.28

On September 28, the important progress of the important progress of the major project of the National Cultural Relics Bureau's "Archeology China" was released. Following the two ancient human skull fossils that were about 1 million years ago in the Liangzi site of Xuexuexue, Hubei in 1989 and 1990, again It was found that an ancient human skull fossil was named "Langxian People" No. 3 skull, and it was found that the land was only more than 30 meters away from the first two skull fossils out of the land.

It is very rare to save well. Experts say that this is the most complete ancient human skull fossil in the Eurasian contemporary era, which will provide key fossils and cultural evidence for China's million -year human evolutionary history.

The person in charge of the project Lu Chengqiu was at the archeological excavation site

The No. 3 boss fossil discovered this time was buried in the sand layer of a certain calcium glue knot in the Liangzi site of the academy. The cheekbones and temporal bones and the left side of the pillow bone. The fossil exposure is well preserved, the shape is clear, and the human attributes are conclusive. It is valuable that the shape of the skull is basically normal, and there is no obvious deformation. The traits that can be provided are more abundant and real than the other two skulls found in the site before. Regret.

A number of authoritative experts in the field of ancient human research have viewed and held a demonstration meeting to discuss that the exposed part of the No. 3 osteotrophism is well preserved, the shape is clear, and the ancient human attributes are conclusive. The first two skull rocks have been deformed due to stratigraphy accumulation. The shape of the No. 3 skull stone is basically normal, and the traits that can be provided are richer than the first two.

"Yixian people" No. 1 skull stone

"Yixian people" No. 2 skull stone

Gao Xing, a researcher at the Institute of Ancient Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Ancient Human Research Institute, and the leader of the archeological research expert group of the scholars, introduced that the "Langxian People" No. 3 is the most intact ancient human skull fossil found in Eurasia in the inland of Eurasia. An anatomical characteristics of human beings are important and scarce at this stage. The fossil is in the middle and key links of the evolutionary process of ancient humans nearly 2 million years. And cultural evidence, in order to empirical the history of human evolution of millions of years of Chinese land, to tell the story of the evolution and cultural development of the ancestors of the human hometown of the Eastern humans, it has provided a significant contribution to the progress of social progress and cultural development since ancient times. Important basis and information of key nodes.

The site of Xuexue Liangzi (from the county) is located in Miduo Temple Village, Qingqu Town, Puyang District, Shiyan City, Shiyan City, Hubei Province. The four -year -old accumulation is the most abundant, most of the accumulation of more than 8 meters, and the local thickness of more than 18 meters. It has preserved strata accumulation for more than 1 million years. In June 2001, the site of the Liangzi (people) of the Xuexuexue (native of Yixian County) was announced by the State Council as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

The Liangzi site of the academy is located on the north bank of Hanshui

From 1990 to 2022, the site of the Liangzi (from the county) of the school has been carried out 7 archeological excavations. The first five excavations were discovered in the core area and found that two ancient human skull fossils about 1 million years ago, more than 20 kinds of mammals. Fossils and 207 pieces of stone products, other areas excavated more than 2000 stone products and a small amount of animal fossils. 2021, 20122 for two consecutive years, with the approval of the State Administration of Cultural Relics, the Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology, the Institute of Ancient Human Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Geoscopy of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan University, Nanjing University, Nanjing Normal University, Multi -disciplinary archeological teams composed of professionals in different fields such as Puyang Museum, Shiyan Museum and other units carried out a new round of archeological excavation and research on the site of the Liangzi (Puxian) site. This excavation has a total of 203 detectives with 1x1 meters, and the excavation area is 203 square meters. The work team is finely excavated with 2 cm as an operating layer. At present, a total of 4 natural layers have been revealed. The ancient human fossils, stone products, and ancient animal fossils including the "Langxian people" 3 are unearthed. .