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An eyed bone needle fragment found in Shizitan 29 site, Shanxi Province, dated to ca. 23–26 ka cal BP, is one of the early needles with a precise stratigraphic context and date among the open-air Palaeolithic sites in North China. Although the needle was found broken, based on microwear observation and experiments in making and using bone needles, we conclude that it had been used for sewing. Further...
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