Pots from hunter-gatherer site in China tell tale of lifestyle shift

Find pre-dates agriculture, suggesting farmers weren’t the first to adopt more settled living habits

pottery

CERAMIC INNOVATORS  Newly discovered remains of pottery made by hunter-gatherers living on China’s central plain around 10,000 years ago include plain pieces (shown) and decorated pieces. 

Y. Wang et al/Antiquity 2015

East Asia’s first farmers didn’t transform ancient foraging cultures as much as researchers have traditionally thought.