National Museum of Natural Science (科博館) "Ancient People Tell Stories": Iron Knife Handle from the Nantun Shan-tzu-chiao Site Makes Its Debut!

Want to learn about the Paleolithic Baxian Cave on the east coast, the Neolithic Peinan and Chilin cultures, and the central Taiwan's Tapenkeng, Niumatou, Tamalin, Yingpu, and Fantsaiyuan cultures? The National Museum of Natural Science has updated its permanent exhibition area and launched "Ancient People Tell Stories." The exhibition content is lively and vivid, presented through animated video clips and multimedia interactive methods. Besides understanding what archaeology is as written in history textbooks, you can also personally experience the lifestyle of ancient Taiwanese people!

Currently, the central region is one of the focal points of archaeological research in Taiwan. Over the past two decades, archaeologists have achieved abundant excavation results in various locations. Therefore, the National Museum of Natural Science decided to update this permanent exhibition area based on the latest archaeological excavation data. In addition to displaying cultivated rice discovered at the Anho site in Taichung, the "Mother and Child" remains, a youth wearing a jade ornament with shark teeth, and a complete iron knife unearthed at the Nantun Shan-tzu-chiao site, there is also a deer antler with artificial saw marks from the Penghu Channel, provided by private collector Mr. Tsai Kun-yu (蔡坤玉). Combined with Dr. Chang Chun-hsiang's (張鈞翔) research on Penghu Homo, it proves that hunters arrived in Taiwan 190,000 to 450,000 years ago. The public is welcome to visit enthusiastically!