‘A new culture’: discovery in China reveals ochre processing in east Asia up to 41,000 years ago

Site in Nihewan Basin shows, a potential signpost of a migration event of our species', says Australian researcher

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A 40,000-year-old archaeological site in northern China has unearthed the earliest evidence of ochre processing in east Asia, researchers say.

The site was discovered at Xiamabei in the Nihewan Basin, in the northern Chinese province of Hebei.