History of Taiwan - The Paleolithic Age

Homo sapiens were present on Taiwan from early times. No one could say with any degree of certainty who these first people were, thanks to all the efforts of archaeologists, linguists, geneticists and other brilliant scientists going back to the 1930s. This is also called the Paleolithic Age in the timeline of prehistory when humans lived in caves, tepees, simple dwellings and lived a hunter-gatherer life. In Chinese history, these were the times known as Yangshao, Longshan and Arleto cultures and the Xia dynasty - 5,000 to 1,500 BC. Following what were known as pre-Austronesian cultures came the proto-Austronesians