From Myth to History: the Age of Myth Xia Dynasty
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This book is a volume of the "Mythological Age, Xia Dynasty" series of "China's History" published by Kodansha. "The History of China" is a gift for the 100th anniversary of Kodansha Japan. It is a general history of China written by Japanese historians for the public. The author of this volume starts from the earliest human beings in East Asia during the Paleolithic Age 1 to 2 million years ago and talks about different stone tool industry traditions. From the natural environment to cultural divisions and genealogies, to large time periods, these narratives are essential outlines for interpreting ancient China. The tragic and comedic scenes that moved the world in the future were all staged against this large natural and cultural background. They laid the foundation for the development of China in later generations.
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And in Europe, the Acheulian culture was born, characterized by hand axes influenced by African stone culture.
In Europe, stone tool culture has gone through a variety of developments and changes. From the Acheulian culture, which is famous for its gravel stone tools,
And compared with the later developed Olduvai culture in Africa and the Acheulian culture in Europe, the stone tool culture in southern China is more similar to the early stage Olduvai culture.
It's surprising that a Japanese archaeologist knows so much about Chinese history! Boost your historical knowledge!
The Solut culture, which is characterized by double-sided pointed tools, and the Magdalen culture, which is characterized by bone and horn tools.
Then to the Oriana culture characterized by leaf stone tools in the late Paleolithic culture,
By the Middle Paleolithic Age, the Mousterian culture consisted of stone flake pointed tools such as pointed tools.
In other words, the ancient stone tool groups and ancient humans in southern China are closely related to the early stone tool culture in Africa.
Professor Wang Youping believes that humans born in Africa and the stone tool technology invented by humans are likely to have spread to southern East Asia.
This is a gravel culture that originated in Europe and is based on the typical Olduvai culture in Africa.
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Official(14)Scraped 1mo ago
And in Europe, the Acheulian culture was born, characterized by hand axes influenced by African stone culture.
In Europe, stone tool culture has gone through a variety of developments and changes. From the Acheulian culture, which is famous for its gravel stone tools,
And compared with the later developed Olduvai culture in Africa and the Acheulian culture in Europe, the stone tool culture in southern China is more similar to the early stage Olduvai culture.
It's surprising that a Japanese archaeologist knows so much about Chinese history! Boost your historical knowledge!
The Solut culture, which is characterized by double-sided pointed tools, and the Magdalen culture, which is characterized by bone and horn tools.
Then to the Oriana culture characterized by leaf stone tools in the late Paleolithic culture,
By the Middle Paleolithic Age, the Mousterian culture consisted of stone flake pointed tools such as pointed tools.
In other words, the ancient stone tool groups and ancient humans in southern China are closely related to the early stone tool culture in Africa.
Professor Wang Youping believes that humans born in Africa and the stone tool technology invented by humans are likely to have spread to southern East Asia.
This is a gravel culture that originated in Europe and is based on the typical Olduvai culture in Africa.
