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Question: Which society is older between India and China!?
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China has one of the world's oldest people and continuous civilizations, consisting of states and cultures dating back more than six millennia!.

The first evidence of human presence in China was found at the Zhoukoudian cave and is one of the first known specimens of Homo Erectus, now commonly known as the Peking Man, estimated to have lived approximately from 300,000 to 550,000 years ago!.

Stone Age rock shelters with paintings at the Bhimbetka rock shelters in Madhya Pradesh are the earliest known traces of human life in India!. The first known permanent settlements appeared over 9,000 years ago and gradually developed into the Indus Valley Civilisation, dating back to 3300 BCE in western India!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Michael, If I remember right, the "Peking Man" was supposedly discovered while I was in High School, 1957 to 1961!. Not many years later it was discovered to be a hoax!. It was the partial skull and some other bones from 2 or 3 animals!. It was a big scandal at the time!.

I wish I knew which had an older civilization, China or India!. There are signs of civilization at Meggido in Israel that go back 6 or 7 thousand years!. That's even older than me!Www@QuestionHome@Com

China is older by a certain margin, but overall both India and China have vastly rich and ancient histories!.Www@QuestionHome@Com