This file photo shows a Paleolithic period site in Shiyan, central China's Hubei Province. Six historic sites dating back to the Paleolithic period at the earliest were listed as China's new archaeological discoveries of 2022 at a forum on Wednesday. (Xinhua)

BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Six historic sites dating back to the Paleolithic period at the earliest were listed as China's new archaeological discoveries of 2022 at a forum on Wednesday.

Among these sites unearthed in six provincial-level regions, two are believed to be from the Neolithic period and one from the Bronze Age.

The remaining two discoveries are the royal tomb area and surrounding relics in the Yin Ruins dating back to the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 B.C.) and a porcelain kiln site from the Western Xia Dynasty (1038-1227), according to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, organizer of the forum.

A Paleolithic period site incorporating ruins of ancient humans, animals and stoneware excavated in central China's Hubei Province tops the list. In this site, a fossilized skull regarded as the most intact Homo erectus specimen of its age found in inland Eurasia was unearthed in December 2022.

This file photo shows stone wares unearthed from a Neolithic ruins in Shangyi County, north China's Hebei Province. Six historic sites dating back to the Paleolithic period at the earliest were listed as China's new archaeological discoveries of 2022 at a forum on Wednesday. (Xinhua)

This combo photo shows bronze wares unearthed from the royal tomb area and surrounding relics in the Yin Ruins dating back to the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 B.C.), in the northwest suburbs of Anyang, central China's Henan Province. Six historic sites dating back to the Paleolithic period at the earliest were listed as China's new archaeological discoveries of 2022 at a forum on Wednesday. (Xinhua)

This file photo shows raw material of a porcelain kiln site from the Western Xia Dynasty (1038-1227) in Helan County, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Six historic sites dating back to the Paleolithic period at the earliest were listed as China's new archaeological discoveries of 2022 at a forum on Wednesday. (Xinhua)

This combo photo shows cultural relics unearthed from Hebosuo relics site dating back to the Bronze Age, in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Six historic sites dating back to the Paleolithic period at the earliest were listed as China's new archaeological discoveries of 2022 at a forum on Wednesday. (Xinhua)

This photo taken on Aug. 25, 2022 shows bone artifacts unearthed from a Neolithic ruins in Qingyang, northwest China's Gansu Province. Six historic sites dating back to the Paleolithic period at the earliest were listed as China's new archaeological discoveries of 2022 at a forum on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Li He)