Humanos de la Edad de Hielo en China fabricaron herramientas de piedra avanzadas

9 de mayo de 2026

Reportado por IA

Arqueólogos han descubierto evidencia de que los primeros humanos produjeron herramientas de piedra sofisticadas en el centro de China durante una brutal edad de hielo hace 146.000 años. Los hallazgos provienen del sitio de Lingjing y desafían las suposiciones previas sobre cuándo surgió la creatividad humana.

Investigadores en el sitio arqueológico de Lingjing, en el centro de China, han pasado más de una década excavando huesos de animales y herramientas de piedra vinculados a un pariente humano extinto llamado Homo juluensis. Un nuevo estudio publicado en el Journal of Human Evolution fecha el sitio hace aproximadamente 146.000 años, situando los artefactos dentro de un período glacial frío en lugar de una era más cálida como sugerían las estimaciones anteriores.

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