CHINA’S EARLIEST HISTORY AND TIMES
Archaeological evidence suggests that humankind’s ancestors lived in China over 8,000,000 years ago. Researchers found the remains of Ramapithecus man in Lufeng, Yunnan province. A million years ago lived Yuanmou Man; Lantian Man lived somewhere between 600,000 to 700,000 years ago. The famous Peking Man is young in relative terms having lived about 400,000 years ago. More recently, Liuchian Man lived in Guangxi 20,000 to 30,000 years ago. There were others living in greater China including Hotao Man of Inner Mongolia and Upper Cave man of Zhoukoudian.
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The earliest times of the Neolithic Age in China date back about 12,000 years. Settled agricultural villages were characteristic of the time. Mountain forests were thick and animals plentiful however, compared to agriculture, animals were more difficult to control and harvest. Hence, agriculture became the primary food source with supplements from limited hunting and fishing. Excavations indicate that villagers later raised pigs and dogs. As well, grain was stored in painted pottery jars.
The Longshan and Yangshao tribes of Henan, dating back 5,000 to 7,000 years, both had their own versions of this pottery. The Yangshao of North China painted fish, animal and plant designs on their pottery. The Longshan developed a thinner and more lustrous Black Pottery. Longshan pottery artifacts have been found scattered throughout North China, the Yangzi valley and all the way to the southeast coast. It appears the Neolithic culture expanded widely through China developing into many subcultures. China Neolithic man is also attributed with developing the first silk production, which included the raising of silkworms and harvesting of their cocoons.
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