10,000-year-old evidence was uncovered at the Shangshan site in Zhejiang Province, China. The researchers examined twelve ancient pottery fragments ... people were skilled farmers who grew a ...

and possibly one of the earliest users of the Chinese script. In 2017 and 2018, the site was excavated, revealing a settlement, a cemetery and three pottery Ding-tripods (鼎) with food-crust remains.

The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, focused on pottery vessels excavated from the Shangshan site in China’s Lower Yangzi River valley. These ancient ...