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Bose Basin Tektites and Hand-Axes

A Palaeolithic site in China's Guangxi region where Homo erectus stone hand-axes have been found in the same sediment layer as Australasian tektites, alongside a charcoal layer, indicating early humans encountered and made tools soon after the impact roughly 788,000 years ago.

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  • Australasian Tektite Field

    Bose Basin Tektites and Hand-Axes is part of Australasian Tektite Field — The tektites recovered alongside the Bose Basin hand-axes are members of the Australasian strewn field.

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  • China

    Bose Basin Tektites and Hand-Axes is located in China.

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