Humanos da era do gelo na China criaram ferramentas de pedra avançadas

09 de maio de 2026

Reportado por IA

Arqueólogos descobriram evidências de que humanos primitivos produziram ferramentas de pedra sofisticadas na China central durante uma brutal era do gelo, há 146 mil anos. As descobertas provêm do sítio de Lingjing e desafiam pressupostos anteriores sobre quando a criatividade humana surgiu.

Pesquisadores no sítio arqueológico de Lingjing, na China central, passaram mais de uma década escavando ossos de animais e ferramentas de pedra ligadas a um parente humano extinto chamado Homo juluensis. Um novo estudo publicado no Journal of Human Evolution data o sítio em aproximadamente 146 mil anos atrás, situando os artefatos dentro de um período glacial frio em vez de uma era mais quente, como sugeriam estimativas anteriores.

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