Editing History of Korea (section)

===Paleolithic===
[[File:KoreanEarthenwareJar4000BCEAmsa-DongNearSeoul.jpg|upright=0.8|thumb|Korean earthenware jar with comb pattern; made 4000 BC, [[Amsa-dong]], [[Seoul]], now in [[British Museum]]]]

No fossil proven to be [[Homo erectus]] has been found in the [[Korea|Korean Peninsula]],<ref>[http://anthro.palomar.edu/homo/homo_2.htm Early Human Evolution: Homo ergaster and erectus] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219092405/http://anthro.palomar.edu/homo/homo_2.htm |date=2007-12-19 }}. Anthro.palomar.edu. Retrieved on 2013-07-12.</ref> though a candidate has been reported.<ref name="Norton" /> Tool-making artifacts from the [[Paleolithic]] period have been found in present-day [[North Hamgyong Province|North Hamgyong]], [[South Pyongan Province|South Pyongan]], [[Gyeonggi Province|Gyeonggi]], and north and south [[Chungcheong Province|Chungcheong]] provinces,{{sfn|Lee|Park|Yoon|2005|pp=8–12}} which dates the Paleolithic Age to half a million years ago,<ref name="Connor" /> though it may have begun as late as 400,000 years ago<ref name="Eckert" /> or as early as 600,000–700,000 years ago.<ref name="Norton" /><ref name="Sin" />