Discovery about ancient workshop stirs archeological communityVietNamNet Bridge - The recent archaeological discovery proves the presence of people 800,000 years ago living in Vietnam. The recent archaeological discovery proves the presence of people 800,000 years ago living in Vietnam. This s the oldest appearance of humans and civilization ever recorded in Vietnamese territory.Also according to Doi, about 50 years ago, Vietnamese archaeologists unearthed old stone tools on Do Mountain in Thanh Hoa province, dating back about 300,000-400,000 years.The stone tools found on Do Mountain were discovered on the surface area, therefore, the stratigraphic evidence is not really certain. Dat Viet The team of archaeologists from the Novosibirsk Institute of Archaeology & Ethnology belonging to the Russian Federal Science Academy and the Institute of Archaeology and Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences made the discovery about the existence of a production workshop of Vietnamese primitive men.Dr Nguyen Gia Doi, Deputy Director of the Institute of Archaeology, said the exact name of the relic site is an early paleolithic relic with fossil tektite samples believed to be aged 770,000-800,000 years and stone artifacts such as hand axes.This means that the upper course of the Ba River in An Khe was the place for people 700,000 years ago.

Source: VietNamNet News July 07, 2016 01:18 UTC