Remains of a human skull about 32,000 years old have been found in the central Chinese province of Henan, Xinhua reported.
The find is from a cave in Lushan County, where the remains of people, animals and stone tools were found earlier during archeological excavations.
In addition to teeth and skull fragments, Chinese archaeologists have also found more than 10,000 pieces of bones from horses, goats, bears, deer, wild boars and wolves. It is estimated that they are between 30,000 and 40,000 years old.
A fragment of another skull was found in the cave, whose age, according to scientists, is about 12 thousand years.
“The new discoveries are important for studying the origins and development of modern people in China,” said Liu Haiwang, head of the Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archeology in Henan Province.
