A team of specialists worked on a project to study China's history for 15 years, from 2001 to 2016, its results were presented at a conference in Beijing. The project included the study of the division of labor, class differentiation and the distribution of power in order to determine the time of the birth of civilization in the Middle Kingdom. Based on findings from archaeological excavations in Lianzhu, Taosi and Shimao, experts concluded that civilization originated in selected areas of the Yellow River 5 800 years ago.
Early civilizations migrated to central China about 3,800 years ago, building powerful cities that affect neighboring areas, reports GBTimes.
Source: My planet.