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The discovery of the Luotuo Hill site of early human beings is of great significance. It is likely to be the earliest cultural ruin in Northeast China, making it important for the study of human evolution and the origin of culture in the region."

Gao Chunling, deputy head of the Dalian Natural History Museum, commented as Chinese archaeologists discovered a site of human activity dating back 300,000 to 500,000 years, roughly contemporary with Peking Man. Dozens of stone, animal bone and horn tools have been excavated at a limestone quarry site in Luotuo Hill in Dalian, Liaoning province. Researchers have obtained more than 1,000 important samples since the joint excavation by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Dalian Natural History Museum began in August.