Abavubukuli e-China bathole okuthakazelisayo okungashintsha ukuqonda kwethu imidlalo yasebusika yasendulo. Kutholwe amasethi amabili e-bronze age skate eqhweni e-Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region yase-China, okuveza ukuthi abantu babentweza benqamula amachibi nemifula eyiqhwa eminyakeni engaba ngu-3,500 edlule. Lokhu kutholakala okumangalisayo kunikeza ukukhanya okusha emlandweni wokushibilika eqhweni futhi kunikeza amazwibela athakazelisayo ezimpilweni zabantu basendulo baseShayina.
Ama-skates, abenziwe ngamathambo, kukholakala ukuthi asetshenziselwa kokubili izinjongo ezingokoqobo nezokungcebeleka. Afaka umklamo omise okwesimanje futhi cishe ayeboshelwe ezinyaweni ngezibopho zesikhumba. Lokhu okutholakele kuwubufakazi bobuhlakani nobuchule bokhokho bethu, futhi kuyamangaza ukucabanga ukuthi imidlalo yasebusika okungenzeka yayibukeka kanjani Enkathini Yethusi.
Ngokusho the Isayensi Ebukhoma umbiko, kutholakale izikebhe zokushibilika eqhweni ezineminyaka engu-3,500 3,600 ubudala ethuneni eGoaotai Ruins entshonalanga yeChina eXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Amanxiwa aseGoaotai, okucatshangwa ukuthi ayehlala abelusi bezinkomo zesiko lase-Andronovo, ahlanganisa indawo yokuhlala kanye nesakhiwo sethuna esigcinwe kahle esizungezwe isiteji samatshe amatshe. Abavubukuli bacabanga ukuthi le ndawo isuka eminyakeni engaba ngu-XNUMX XNUMX edlule.
Enziwe ngezingcezu zamathambo eziqondile ezithathwe ezinkabini nasemahhashini, ama-skates anezimbobo kuzo zombili iziphetho ukuze abophele "i-blade" ezicathulweni. U-Ruan Qiurong we-Xinjiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology uthe ama-skates acishe afane ncamashi nama-skates aneminyaka engu-5,000 ubudala atholakala eFinland, futhi angase abonise ukushintshana ngemibono ngeNkathi Yethusi.
Amathuna e-Goaotai kucatshangwa ukuthi awomndeni ohloniphekile phakathi kwabantu bokuqala abalusa izinkomo endaweni, omunye wabacwaningi waphawula; nokuthi ukumba lapho kuveze izici ezibalulekile zemingcwabo yabo, izinkolelo zabo kanye nezinhlaka zenhlalo.
“Ezinye izici zamathuna, kuhlanganise nesakhiwo esinjenge-ray esenziwe ngemigqa engu-17 yamatshe, sibonisa inkolelo engase ibe khona ekukhulekeleni ilanga,” kusho umcwaningi.
Abavubukuli baphinde bathola izinsalela zezinqola zokhuni noma izinqola okubonakala sengathi zasetshenziselwa ukwakha inkundla yethuna. Ahlanganisa amasondo okhuni aqinile angu-11 nezingxenye zokhuni ezingaphezu kuka-30, kuhlanganise namarimu nemiphini.
Izikebhe zeqhwa ezifanayo njengezikeyi zethambo ezitholakala eGoaotai Ruins ziye zatholakala ezindaweni zokuvubukula kulo lonke elasenyakatho yeYurophu. Ososayensi bacabanga ukuthi lezi ziketi zazisetshenziswa abantu basendulo ezindaweni eziningi eziyisicaba, ezazigcwele amashumi ezinkulungwane zamachibi amancane abe yiqhwa ebusika.
Ngaphandle kwalokhu, isifunda saseChina esinezintaba iXinjiang singase sibe yindawo okwazalelwa kuyo ukushushuluza, ngokusho kweNew York Times. Imidwebo yasendulo emigedeni esenyakatho ye-Altai Mountains, i-Xinjiang, abanye abavubukuli abacabanga ukuthi isineminyaka engu-10,000 XNUMX ubudala, ibonisa abazingeli kulokho okubonakala sengathi i-skis. Kodwa abanye abavubukuli bayasiphikisa lesi simangalo, bethi imidwebo yasemhumeni ayikwazi ukuqokwa ngokuthembekile.
