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A Stone Age bird sculpture uncovered in China could be a “missing link” in our understanding of prehistoric art. Dating back almost 13,500 years, the sculpture is now the oldest known example of three-dimensional art in East Asia.

Described 【小题1】 being in “an exceptional state of preservation,” the sculpture 【小题2】(find) at an archeological site in Lingjing, Henan Province. It was hand-carved from burned animal bone. Researchers say the sculpture depicts (刻画) a bird on a base, pointing to deliberate marks 【小题3】 the creature’s eyes and bill (嘴) would be. It is believed that the bird’s oversized tail was made 【小题4】(prevent) the sculpture from leaning forward when 【小题5】(lay) on a surface. This discovery identifies a(n) 【小题6】(origin) artistic tradition and pushes back by more than 8,500 years the representation of birds in Chinese art. The sculpture differs 【小题7】(technologic) from other sculptures found in Western Europe and Siberia, and it could be the missing link 【小题8】(trace) the origin of Chinese statues back to the early part of the Stone Age. Li Zhanyang, who led 【小题9】 study, has contributed to other archeological findings in Lingjing, including various ancient 【小题10】(tool) and two skulls belonging to an extinct species of early humans.