长江孕育着三峡的人民,也滋养着三峡人民创造的独特文化艺术。长江三峡在远古时代是人类起源地区之一,近年来,三峡考古遗址发现了迄今200万年前“巫山猿人”化石。在西陵峡南岸的长阳,发现了迄今10万年前的“长阳人”化石。在“长阳人”之前,长江上游流域还发现迄今170万年前“元谋人”。在“长阳人”之 The people who breed the Three Gorges in the Yangtze River are also nourishing the unique culture and art created by the Three Gorges people. In the ancient times, the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River is one of the areas where human beings originated. In recent years, the archaeological sites in the Three Gorges discovered so far 2 million years ago the Wushan ape-man fossils. In Changyang, on the southern bank of Xiling Gorge, “Changyangren” fossils, 100,000 years ago, were discovered. Before the “Changyang people”, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River also found 170 million years ago, “Yuanmou people.” In the “Changyang people”