That’s right peeps. Li Zhanyang led a discovery, as The UK pub, The Guardian reports, that begins to fill the fossil gap on human evolution in China and in Human history. At a site in China a Skull and other bones, as well as charred animal bones date from 80,000 - 100,000 years ago. THAT’S SHORTLY AFTER currently established theory that only 150 thousand years ago or so, depending on who you ask, modern anatomical humans came onto the scene. These finds suggest fire use almost def and lends itself to a theory believed by some that modern humans did not all migrate out of africa around 60,000 - 70, 000 years ago, but earlier. It is understood that there was some earlier migrations, but dates are not agreed upon and how far out it wnet is contested. It is also known that Homo Erectus was living for long periods of time in asia. The theory is that various forms of modern humans developed in asia as well and or migrated there far earlier than previously thought and then also interbreed with these new and old populations and perhaps even with Homo Erectus.
What does this mean really? It’s fascinating to have parts of a fossil gap in Humanity’s path discovered. It also supports the case that Humanities ancestry is most likely more vast and diverse than some suppose and think it is. I think we’ll continue to see finds like this over the next 20-30 years that eventually lead to a bigger picture of the complex Human Tree.
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