Archaeologists say they have found the body of a New Stone Age human that lived about 10,000 years ago in Donghulin Village in Beijing's western outskirts.

　　The skeleton discovered just over a week ago, dubbed Donghulin Man, is believed to be the missing link between Beijing's Upper Cave Man living approximately 30,000 years ago and modern humans in Beijing areas.

　　The body, about 1.65 meters long, is well-pre-served except for breakage at the left eye socket. A jade object with the length of a little finger was found between the nose and mouth as a probable decoration. Scientists did not disclose the gender and further study is still underway.

　　Archaeologists also discovered an intact tomb bearing direct relationship with the stratum, the first of its kind since the Donghulin relics site was first discovered in 1966.

　　The tomb and the activity areas of the primitive humans are of vital importance to the research of Homo Sapiens, or modern humans in anatomical terms, and their culture such as production mode, dietary habits and social organization, said Professor Zhao Chaohong, a noted anthropologist with prestigious Beijing University and also leader of the excavation team.

　　Experts started the excavation on September 24 at the Donghulin site, some 80 kilometers from Beijing, and happened to hit upon the skeleton on October 19 on the eastern part of the excavation site.

　　In 1966, a college student chanced upon three skeletons dug out by Donghulin villagers in the Mentougou District of Beijing, the first sight of Donghulin Men, but they disappeared and their whereabouts became unknown afterwards.