THANKS BIG for your kind words & reply. I'd taken your stuff in that spirit on these points. I know you a bit and certainly love you as you are, anyway.
There were oracle bones on turtle shells of another era. However, IIRC, in the last 10-20 years, others were found that were far older. I forget all the dating techniques. I don't think it was all left to carbon dating.
Have you ever researched the Temple of Heaven in Beijing . . . and the ceremonies that went on annually there? Originally, they took place at the border near Fuzhou, IIRC. There's a lot in the Emperor's offering a sacrifice that sounds straight out of the Pentateuch. There were no idols allowed in the Temple of Heaven, BTW.
Sparse does not, however, necessarily mean lacking in a convincing train of significant records.
I have one of the better substantive histories on China. Will plan to check the first chapters again. As I recall, most of what I've read the last 30 years goes with 6,000 year history of China. However, after I read of the more recently found turtle shell oracle bone Chinese writing, I realized that all such volumes were out of date in terms of the earliest Chinese writing and civilization.
BTW, did you know that some UFO's are reported to have Chinese like characters in them; on them?
Then there's the whole issue of PRE-ADAMITE humans . . . Most of us have 2% or so Neanterthal and a lot of us have some Denosovan bits in our DNA. Curious.
I have a passing familiarity with the oracle bones... Again, it is my understanding that these are late Shang Dynasty and forward... 
I accept that, I do. But to my knowledge, that goes back to Shang. I accept that the Xia Dynasty exists prior to Shang, but evidences, not to mention historical accounts and records are sketchy.
Oh, it ain't like that. I am not trying to tear you down... Just honest inquiry. Ancient history is my bag, and to my knowledge, everything is rather sparse before 1000 bc, and exponentially so the further back you go. that which legitimately accounts time prior to 2000bc is exceedingly rare - rare enough to be considered nil.
That is why your statement spared my interest.