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Bones that piece together our past

By Cheng Yingqi | China Daily | Updated: 2013-01-31 07:43

The origins of humans have intrigued anthropologists for the longest time. Now an international group of paleoanthropologists has found that humans who lived some 40,000 years ago near Beijing were likely related to many present-day Asians and Native Americans. They reveal the details to Cheng Yingqi.

Bones that piece together our past

The Tianyuan skeleton was unearthed near the Zhoukoudian site, about 50 km southwest of Beijing. Photos provided to China Daily

Bones that piece together our past

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