Plant fiber exploitation contributed to the emergence of ground-edged cutting tools in North China

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 39, September 2026. SignificanceGround-edged cutting tools in early Holocene North China are often interpreted as cereal-harvesting implements, yet their functional origins remain poorly tested across Paleolithic–Neolithic sequences. Evidence from Peiligang shows that ...

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