Extended Data Fig. 3: The cut-marked bones and radiocarbon dating results.
From: Initial Upper Palaeolithic material culture by 45,000 years ago at Shiyu in northern China
a, 22SY-44 (OxA-43265), shaft fragment of a large-sized animal (most probably Equus sp.) with a set of cut marks oriented obliquely to the long axis of the bone (photoed by authors); b, 22SY-143 (Ox-43266), shaft fragment of a large-sized animal with series of cut marks parallel to the long axis; c, 22sy-282 (Ox-43267-22sy-282), bone fragment of a large-sized animal with cut marks perpendicular to the long axis; d, The radiocarbon ages obtained on the three cut-marked bones from the Shiyu site.
