Let you dig treasure, you dug out the ancient tomb of the emperor!

Chapter 144

Chapter 144: Saber-toothed Tiger! Ancient elephants! Ancient humans waiting to die! 【2nd change】Ask for your own reservation, ask for a monthly pass, ask for flowers!!

Lu Yuan squatted down and began to plan, and soon planed it out.

“Stone again.”

“Quick, change places.”

“Lao Lu and the stone have an indissoluble bond.”

Lu Yuan picked up the stone and was quite heavy: “This is also a fossil.” ”

“With all due respect, isn’t this a stone?”

“Lao Lu, don’t bring such a fool.”

Lu Yuan said, “It is indeed a fossil, to be precise, it is a stone tool used by ancient humans.” ”

“Ancient humans? I go, has anyone survived in this place? ”

“Lao Lu, are you digging ancestors?”

“True ancestral grave!”

Lu Yuan said: “This is quartz stone, ancient humans groped for the most suitable stone for weapons in survival.” Judging from the shape of the stone tools, they are stone tools made by beating, which is a sign of the Paleolithic period. ”

“It is basically certain that this was used by ancient humans with Paleolithic.”

“I’m just not sure if this piece is a fossil of the same era.”

“It’s all together, it’s definitely a period.”

“That giant panda is probably hunted by them.”

“Maybe you killed with this stone in your hand.”

“The ancestors are awesome, kowtow to the ancestors!”

Lu Yuan said: “Don’t be busy kowtowing, most of the Paleolithic were Homo erectus, and our ancestors were Homo sapiens.” ”

“However, there were also Homo sapiens in the Paleolithic Age, and at the beginning they also used stone tools, and there was too little information to judge, and then dig and dig to see.”

He put the stone tools back and dug into the next treasure spot.

There are many treasures in this piece, and they all seem to be prehistoric fossils.

As for whether it is the same period, it is really difficult to say.

It is not that the fossils were unearthed in one place, or from the same period.

The same land may have lived for several generations of original humans or Homo sapiens.

The traces of their lives overlap.

The reason for the overlap is simple, ancient humans also had the instinct to avoid evil.

In that period, where was suitable for survival, where they went.

And after so many years of crustal movement, it is very normal for fossils from different periods in the same area to appear in the same soil layer.

This has been found in many places, just not much.

However, the fossils found so far all belong to the Middle Pleistocene, and Lu Yuan prefers that they are of the same era.

As he dug, his mind kept making up the natural disasters that might have occurred here hundreds of thousands of years ago.

Heavy rains erupted in the nearby mountains, flowing into the Jingwei River Basin, passing through the valley, causing no grass along the way, burying everything.

This was once the residence of ancient humans, who were born in Si Changyu, learned to make stone tools and hunt under the guidance of their fathers, and have always lived in peace.

One day, the heavens and the earth changed color and a flash flood swept through this livable place, drowning them and disappearing into history.

An ancient group of hominins, probably Homo erectus or early Homo sapiens, became extinct.

Had it not been for that accident, time might have allowed them to evolve towards a higher species.

But there are no ifs.

The newly born ancient humans, whether in terms of quantity or intelligence, could not cope with the disasters of nature.

They are not yet the protagonists of the earth, let alone the darlings of the earth.

They are just passers-by who came into being on this planet, destined to leave a trace, but also doomed to extinction.

“Wow~”

A fossil bone was imprinted in the eye.

He dug along the extension of the skeleton, eventually unearthing a mutilated fossil skeleton.

Only the tail and one leg remained of the bone, and it was impossible to tell what paleontology it was.

A skeleton as complete as that giant panda is very rare and rare, and it is extremely lucky to find one.

At twelve o’clock, Lu Yuan had dug up dozens of fossils.

Except for giant pandas, no more complete fossils have been dug up.

But the ancient creatures it found, especially traces of ancient humans, have caused a lot of movement in the academic community.

Gu Deyong endured not calling, he was waiting for Lu Yuan’s notice.

Lu Yuanzheng was digging above and had forgotten about this.

The main place is not an ancient tomb, although it also belongs to the category of archaeology, but basically there is no difficulty in excavation.

And the burial is not deep, he estimates that he will work overtime and dig almost all of them at night.

At this time, the Chinese Academy of Sciences also received a call.

Dr. Jiang of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was very interested after receiving the call and was also watching the live broadcast at the moment.

Seeing such a complete panda skeleton, the light of both eyes can be seen through the glasses.

“This is a pasteurized panda, all the characteristics match, you can’t be wrong!”

“This Mr. Lu is really professional.”

Dr. Jiang grabbed the phone and called Qin Fuyin: “Director Qin, is there a phone number for this Mr. Lu?” ”

“You want to go over?”

“Yes, I’m going to go to the site and he found pasteurized pandas and stone tools, I think there may be traces of Homo erectus surviving there.”

“Let me give you a call and ask.”

Qin Fuyin dialed Lu Yuan’s phone.

Lu Yuan was gouging the soil on the side of the newly dug fossil, and took out his mobile phone with one hand: “Hey, Director Qin.” ”

“Xiao Lu, Dr. Jiang from the Chinese Academy of Sciences wants to go to your place to see, he is a researcher of paleontology, quite professional, maybe he can help you.”

“Okay, no problem.”

Hanging up the phone, Lu Yuan thought for a while, and dialed Gu Deyong’s phone: “Teacher Gu, do you want archaeology of paleontological fossils?” ”

“Wanted!”

“Then you guys come over, by the way, there is a doctor surnamed Jiang from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.”

“Jiang He?”

“I don’t know, I forgot to ask the name.”

“It should be him.”

Gu Deyong said: “It’s good if he goes, he is more professional in this regard, we will help fight.” ”

If Gu Deyong can say the words, this Dr. Jiang is probably not an ordinary professional.

Hung up the phone, Lu Yuan continued to dig.

Another stone tool.

This digging was dug into the evening, during which several stone tools were dug up, including chopping tools, scrapers and stone balls.

The processing methods are all simple hammering methods, and the stone chips are used directly without the second step of processing, which is quite a typical Paleolithic mark.

It is basically certain that this place is the residence of ancient humans.

Lu Yuan sat on the ground, looking at the nearly a hundred golden lights left, eating slowly.

“Boom~”

The sound of the propeller sounded.

Lu Yuan’s eyes were sharp, and he saw Gu Deyong at the hatch at a glance.

The plane hovered, and Gu Deyong followed the rope down quite skillfully.

The archaeology of Zhao Gao’s tomb has come to an end, and Gu Deyong has been carrying out archaeological work on the side of Qinling Cemetery these days.

Originally, he planned to come over early, but when he learned that Jiang He was also coming, he waited until 24 people came down from the plane now.

Except for a man who wore glasses, was about 30 years old, and was fat, the others were all from Gu Deyong’s archaeological team.

Recently, the archaeological teams of other cities want to turn to the sky, and with Gu Deyong, there are archaeological opportunities every day.

It is not the tomb of the king, or the tomb of the emperor, and now there are traces of ancient humans.

They were also the first to come to the archaeology.

There is no need to say that this treatment is good.

“Xiao Lu.”

Gu Deyong came over and introduced with a smile: “This is Dr. Jiang Hejiang from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. ”

“Hello Dr. Jiang.”

Lu Yuan was a little surprised by his youth.

This is the real student.

The Institute of Paleoanthropology is specialized in this.

It’s just that the research direction is too niche, and there are not many specimens available for study.

Jiang He shook hands with him, and immediately glanced at the more than a hundred fossil pits that had been excavated at dusk: “Mr. Lu, can I take a look?” ”

“Feel free.”

Lu Yuan said, “I just want to continue digging, you guys watch slowly.” ”

Gu Deyong said, “Xiao Lu, do you want me to help?” ”

Lu Yuan said, “People are coming, dig directly.” Just dig along the fossils that have been excavated, there should be quite a few fossils here. ”

“Good.”

Gu Deyong beckoned the personnel to start the excavation work.

Lu Yuan also continued to excavate.

Jiang He came to the pasteurized panda fossil, first took pictures for preservation, and then carefully observed.

With the help of the archaeological team, the excavation work went faster.

“Wow~”

Lu Yuan saw that there were bones next to the soil layer, and dug up this layer, and he found that the bone fossils underneath were quite large.

He dug along the fossil all the way, and the more he dug, the more frightened he became.

Jiang He came here at this time, wanting to see Lu Yuan’s progress, and just happened to see this fossil.

So big!

He was silent and stood by without disturbing.

Half an hour later, Lu Yuan had dug out more than two meters long, and he had to dig for several hours thanks to the fact that the soil layer was not deep.

“Ivory!”

Lu Yuan affirmed in a tone.

Jiang He nodded: “Well, it’s ivory, it seems to be there.” ”

“I’ll keep digging.”

This fossil has a very intuitive biological image, so large and curved, with a pointed head, rounded and increasingly thick.

This is iconic ivory.

“I’ll go, this ivory is two meters old, right?”

“It’s so big, is it a mammoth?”

“Is the mammoth bigger than this?”

“That’s an underage mammoth.”

As Lu Yuan continued to excavate, other parts of the fossil were gradually revealed.

Near eight o’clock in the evening, the entire fossil was excavated.

The overall length of the fossils is nearly six meters, lying horizontally, and the height is about two meters eight.

Even if there is only one skeleton left, you can tell from the huge size and the two complete and huge tusks that this is an elephant!

Ivory alone is 2.5 meters long.

The size of this elephant is very close to that of modern elephants.

Jiang He could feel that his heart was beating faster, excited, so excited, what a complete paleontological skeleton this was!

So complete, rare in the world!

Lu Yuan said, “It should be an ancient rhombus toothed elephant.” ”

“Yes, it should be!”

Jiang He nodded in agreement: “At this size, there are paleostone tools for paleo tools, and pasteurized pandas, only the ancient rhombus toothed elephant is more suitable.” ”

“Dr. Jiang, you look slowly, I’ll continue to dig.”

He walked a short distance to dig.

Half an hour later.

“Wow~”

When he saw a sharp fossil, Lu Yuan’s heart burst out.

I go, again the ancient rhomboid tooth?

These were hunted by ancient humans?

Being able to hunt one is already amazing, if it were two, it would be unimaginable.

Digging and digging, he found himself thinking too much.

This is indeed a fossil tooth, but it is not ivory.

Of course, it’s not small.

The teeth are shaped like daggers, about 12 centimeters long, although they have not yet been dug, but from the teeth and the incomplete fractured skull Lu Yuan has judged that this is a saber-toothed tiger!

A saber-toothed tiger active in the Middle Pleistocene.

The fossil of this saber-toothed tiger is also quite intact, and he dug out the last bit of bone, turned his head and said, “Dr. Jiang, come and take a look.” ”

“Here it is.”

Jiang He was overjoyed in his heart, and he must have found something good again.

Walked over and saw another body close

With the complete fossilized bone, Jiang He was so excited that he almost fainted.

“Saber-toothed tiger fossil!”

“Hmm.”

Lu Yuan said: “The shoulder height is about 1.1 meters, and the body length is three meters, which should be a short sword saber-toothed tiger.” ”

“I’ll go, the famous saber-toothed tiger!”

“Thanks to Lao Lu, I saw the fossils of the saber-toothed tiger for free.”

“This is a dinosaur contemporary, right?”

“Dig and dig again, maybe there are dinosaur fossils nearby!”

Lu Yuan said: “These two are not an era, and there were no saber-toothed tigers when dinosaurs were not extinct.” The saber-toothed tiger will also have to be extinct when it is released. ”

“Saber-toothed tigers lived for almost 13 million years, and did not become extinct until 11,000 years.”

“Ancient humans and saber-toothed tigers coexisted for more than 1.5 million years, and this guy was also one of the greatest threats to ancient humans at that time, and ancient humans and saber-toothed tigers hunted each other.”

“Hunt the saber-toothed tiger, Ma Ya, just think about it!”

“Ancient human cattle are worthy of my ancestors!”

“There are still tribes in Africa that hunt lions.”

At this time, Gu Deyong and their side also found a lot of fossils.

There are individual bones, there are stone tools.

One of the young men dug up a complete paleontological fossil.

Lu Yuan and Jiang He walked over, and the young man who dug up was red with excitement.

Jiang He observed for a while and said, “It should be Ge’s spotted deer, a creature from the late Middle Pleistocene. ”

Lu Yuan pondered a little with his hoe and said, “The time range can be further reduced, about 150,000 years ago. From the point of view of fossil division and completeness, I think the creatures in this area, including those stone tools, are all from the same period. ”

He stepped on the dirt under his feet: “It is likely that there were floods in the past, and then it became a river channel in the Jingwei River Basin, and then the river dried up and turned into the surface.” ”

“There are ancient rhombus-toothed elephants, short-sabre-toothed tigers, and Ge’s spotted deer and other creatures. And there are several complete fossils, indicating that the ancient humans here have fully mastered hunting skills. Based on this, I tend to think that the ancient humans who lived here were not Homo erectus, but early Homo sapiens. ”

Jiang He nodded: “I think so too.” ”

Homo erectus brain capacity is not as good as Homo sapiens, and according to current archaeological information, Homo erectus is very lazy, not enterprising, does not know how to progress, and is more content with the status quo, commonly known as lying flat.

In such prehistoric times, being content with the status quo meant that life and death were only on the line, and that extinction was a matter of time.

In addition to the scattered fossilized bones, there are several complete biological fossils.

With so many prey, Lu Yuan could hardly believe that this was hunted by Homo erectus, more like something that Homo sapiens could do.

“Digging and digging again, since there are so many paleontological fossils and stone tools, there should also be some fossilized bones of ancient humans.”

Lu Yuan walked over and continued to dig.

Although Jiang He didn’t want to splash cold water, he still said: “Don’t give too much hope, I estimate that there are unlikely to be fossils of ancient humans here, and it is already rare to have some stone tools left.” ”

The young man who was digging not far away was curious: “Why?” ”

Lu Yuandao: “What Dr. Jiang means is that the formation of fossils is very difficult, and the time and place are indispensable. ”

“If you find a fossil, it means that there may be more than thousands, or even tens of thousands, of creatures that died from natural disasters here.” But so many creatures died, leaving only a few fossils. ”

“The formation of fossils requires not only conditions, but also a large number of cardinal numbers. The larger the cardinality, the greater the likelihood of fossilization. ”

“In addition to stone tools, the most found here are paleontological bone fossils, so we will guess that these ancient creatures were hunted by ancient humans.” Because they are already dead, they can’t run even if they encounter disasters. But ancient humans were alive, and in the face of disaster, they would run. ”

The young man suddenly understood what the two meant.

So if you want to unearth ancient human fossils here, Jiang He is not hopeful.

Lu Yuan didn’t hold out hope, but he had to dig it out and take a look.

“Wow~”

Lu Yuan lowered his head, the headlamp shone down, and a skull that was very similar to modern humans was printed in his eyes.

“Dr. Jiang.”

“Huh?”

Jiang He looked down, his pupils shrank slightly: “Skull!” ”

Lu Yuan gouged the soil along the side, it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t plan, this planing is that Lu Yuan’s eyelids are jumping wildly.

What did he see! Another skull!

He continued to pull a little, the third, the fourth… This piece is the skull of ancient humans!

The number of them made Lu Yuan a little confused.