Another sensation in China! A skull dates back 100 000 years. by Milota Sidorova

Some say,that it is the most important discovery since the Peking Man, others are more sceptical. What is a fact, is, that an almost complete human skull fossil that could date back 100,000 years was found in Xuchang, in the central province of Henan. The archeological research has taken more than two years, and the digs covered approximately 2.800 square feet. The fossil containing 16 pieces of the skull was discovered by two archeologist, who were just about to leaving for the Lunar New Year break, or the "Spring Festival". Li Zhanyang, archaeologist with the Henan Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute claimed that the fossil was burried near the mouth of a spring, that caused a high content of calcium in the relics. "More astonishing than the completeness of the skull is that it still has a fossilized membrane on the inner side, so scientists can track the nerves of the Paleolithic ancestors," quoted Li. While Henan´s relics gain more and more popularity in the media, experts seem to be more pragmatic. "It is far from the greatest judging from points such as the completeness, the time, and the significance of problems it can explain." says Wu Xinzhi, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is convinced that the relics only proved the existence of human beings in that area about 100,000 years ago more than their heads were roughly the same shape as the skull.

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by Milota Sidorova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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