{"id":1239,"date":"2023-10-24T03:59:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/11000-year-old-baby-tomb-found-in-china\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T18:10:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T10:10:30","slug":"11000-year-old-baby-tomb-found-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/11000-year-old-baby-tomb-found-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"11,000-year-old baby tomb found in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Archaeologists in southwest China&#8217;s Guizhou Province have confirmed a tomb dating back 11,000 year contains the remains of a toddler.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Archaeologists in southwest China&#8217;s Guizhou Province have confirmed a tomb dating back 11,000 year contains the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/jobs\">remains of a toddler<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Flq8_xX7pvacEm-43JyLlL29Jl9k?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"Baby Tomb1.png\" width=\"587\" height=\"468\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Guizhou province in Southwest China.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10px;\">Image: Wikipedia<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The tomb is located in a cave in Yankong Village, Gui&#8217;an New Area in central Guizhou. Researchers are working to determine whether it is the oldest known tomb in the province.<\/p>\n<p>DNA studies identified the remains contained in the tomb to be from a child under two years old, according to the provincial institute of cultural relics and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/archaeology\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">archaeology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FrHHo9fwPcsNeyKfVRRSaJNJgZCC?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"baby tomb 2.jpg\" width=\"590\" height=\"393\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">The remains were found in a cave in Yankong Village, Guizhou.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10px;\">Image: Pixabay<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The cave, which is believed to have been used by humans as early as the late Paleolithic Age, was found in March 2016. The tomb was found in July 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers found a large number of stone implements from the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages, as well as bone objects and tools for hunting, said Zhang Xinglong, associate researcher with the institute.<\/p>\n<p>The findings will further research on the transformation of stone implements and the history of human settlement in central Guizhou.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Xinhua<\/p>\n<p>URL:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2018-01\/19\/c_136909114.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2018-01\/19\/c_136909114.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Archaeologists in southwest China&#8217;s Guizhou Province have confirmed a tomb dating back 11,000 year contains the remains of a toddler. 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