They may be ancient "beer-making tools", and the earliest direct evidence of beer brewing in China, the researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

研究人员在《国家科学院院刊》上报告称，它们可能是古代的“酿酒工具”，也是中国酿造啤酒最早的直接证据。

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The report by a team from the United States and China appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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