12,000-year-old personal ornament discovered in Ningxia(1/4)

Photo shows a 12,000-year-old red deer canine engraved with geometric emblazonry discovered in Pigeon mountain site(Gezishan site), an important pre-historical site in the later period of late Pleistocene in China, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, March 1, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)

This is one of the most exquisitely carved deer tooth ornaments of the Paleolithic age, and the only one found in China so far, according to China's Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology.

Photo shows a 12,000-year-old red deer canine engraved with geometric emblazonry discovered in Pigeon mountain site(Gezishan site), an important pre-historical site in the later period of late Pleistocene in China, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, March 1, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)

Photo shows a 12,000-year-old red deer canine engraved with geometric emblazonry discovered in Pigeon mountain site(Gezishan site), an important pre-historical site in the later period of late Pleistocene in China, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, March 1, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)

Photo shows a 12,000-year-old red deer canine engraved with geometric emblazonry discovered in Pigeon mountain site(Gezishan site), an important pre-historical site in the later period of late Pleistocene in China, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, March 1, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)