[Fedora]

The headline and lead sentence make it sound like they've found evidence that the city of Shanghai was built 6000 years ago, but the actual content of the article only seems to indicate they've found evidence that people were living in the region of present-day Shanghai 6000 years ago. That's a huge difference.

[Cronos]

The headline and lead sentence make it sound like they've found evidence that the city of Shanghai was built 6000 years ago, but the actual content of the article only seems to indicate they've found evidence that people were living in the region of present-day Shanghai 6000 years ago. That's a huge difference.

Good point. People were living in the basin doesn't translate to people having founded a city there. Or else, Rome could be said to be dating from at least the Stone Age, Jericho is KNOWN to date from at least 4000 BC as a city, and probably millenia earlier as a campsite!