{
  "id": 10892849,
  "title": "Plant fiber exploitation contributed to the emergence of ground-edged cutting tools in North China",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/plant-fiber-exploitation-contributed-to-the-emergence-of-ground-edged",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-14T07:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PNAS",
    "slug": "pnas",
    "url": "https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2608882123?af=R"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}