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中國考古學家發現與北京猿人處同時代遺址

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BEIJING: Chinasaid its archeologists have discovered another site showing human activity datingback 300,000 to 500,000 years, roughly contemporary with Peking Man.

北京:中國稱他們的考古學家們已經發現了另一處可追溯到30萬至50萬年前的人類活動遺址,這個時間大致與北京猿人處於同一個時代。

Archeologists were led to the discoveryafter they excavated a stone tool at a limestone quarry site on Luotuo Hill inthe northeast coastal city of Dalian in Liaoning Province, the Chinese language GuangmingDaily, said. They found dozens of stone, animal bone and horn tools atthe site.

據《光明日報》報道,考古學家們在遼寧省大連市駱駝山一處石灰石採礦場發掘石器時發現了這處遺址。他們在這處遺址發現了許多石頭、獸骨和骨角器。

中國考古學家發現與北京猿人處同時代遺址

It said researchers have obtained more than1,000 samples in the joint excavation exercise conducted by the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academyof Sciences and the Dalian Natural History Museum.

該報社稱,中國科學院古脊椎動物與古人類研究所和大連自然歷史博物館組成工作小組,研究員們已經挖掘了一千多件文物。

An institute researcher, Huang Weiwen, said the presence of stone tools andlarge animal bones that appear to have been cut or smashed by humans is anindication that the site was used for large-scale human activity in the earlydays.

研究所研究員黃偉文(HuangWeiwen)說,這些看起來是由人類切割或擊碎的石器和大型動物的骨頭表明此處遺址早期有大規模的人類活動。

"The discovery of the Luotuo Hill site of early human beings is of greatsignificance," said Gao Chunling, deputy head of the Dalian museum. It mayprove to be an important source of information about human evolution and theorigin of culture in the region, Gao said.

大連博物館副館長高春玲(GaoChunling)說,“駱駝山古人類遺址的發現有重大意義”。高說,遺址可能爲追溯人類進化提供重要信息,也有可能是該地區文化的起源。

The other site of Peking Man at ZhoukoudianCaves in suburbs of Beijing has produced remains of deer andantelope horn tools. The caves also yielded skulls of Peking Man, or Homoerectus, in the 1920s and 1930s.

考古學家們曾在另一處位於北京郊區的周口店北京猿人遺址發現了鹿角和羚羊角器具文物,他們還在此處發現了生活於20世紀20年代和20世紀30年代的北京猿人頭蓋骨。

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Peking Man was first believed to have lived in Zhoukoudian about 400,000 to500,000 years ago. But some Chinese scientists later said they were 200,000years older. Fossils of ancient mammals such as elephants and tigers were alsosimilar to those unearthed at Zhoukoudian, according to the researchers.

最初,人們認爲北京猿人生活在距今約40萬至50萬年前的周口店地區。但後來有些中國科學家稱北京猿人生活的年代應該還要向前推20萬年。據研究人員,出土的大象和老虎這些古代哺乳動物的化石與在周口店遺址發掘的有相似之處。