Laowujiji Paleolithic Site

　　The Laowujiji Paleolithic site is situated in the Laowujiji Cave at Tuwan, Fengjiaba, Qianjiang District. Between December 17 and 28, 1985, a number of animal fossils and chipped stone tools were unearthed. The animal fossils comprised over 100 pieces, representing 20 genera and species across six mammalian orders, among which five species—such as the gibbon, Stegodon orientalis, and the Chinese rhinoceros—are now extinct, accounting for 25% of the total. In addition, more than 800 stone tools from the middle to late Paleolithic period were excavated. The Laowujiji site holds significant importance for the study of the early prehistoric history of the Qianjiang region and the Quaternary geological history.