A 10-person expedition team of mainly spelunkers and journalists headed for Lingwu of Hunan Province to walk through an ancient cave, according to Xiaoxiang Morning Post report.

The cave is said to run through Hunan and the neighboring Hubei Province.

Experts urged them to protect any fossils they discovered during their exploration, saying fossils inside the cave would be of value for studies.

(China Daily April 17, 2006)