Wangfujing Paleolithic MuseumⅢ

The tools also allowed them to date the remains: "Only siliceous rock could be sharpened," Li said, "which shows our ancestors had developed the ability to identify and choose the right texture for their stone tools."

The museum essentially consists of photographs taken from the Oriental Plaza dig, alongside the relics themselves. The centerpiece is a 50 square meter patch of soil that marks the spot of the original discovery (the original area was around 890 meters but the museum has wisely chosen to keep only a representative sample). You can see that the dig was divided into two parts, with separate discoveries being found at a depth of 11 and 12 metres, representing a thousand year gap in activity.