Friday, December 30, 2005

Humans first arose in Asia not Africa?

Two archaeologists are proposing the idea that early humans first arose in Asia instead of Africa as previously thought. These early humans then migrate out of Asia to parts of the world. From National Geographic News:
They believe that early-human fossil discoveries over the past ten years suggest very different conclusions about where humans, or humanlike beings, first walked the Earth.

New Asian finds are significant, they say, especially the 1.75 million-year-old small-brained early-human fossils found in Dmanisi, Georgia, and the 18,000-year-old "hobbit" fossils (Homo floresiensis) discovered on the island of Flores in Indonesia.

Such finds suggest that Asia's earliest human ancestors may be older by hundreds of thousands of years than previously believed, the scientists say.
(Thanks Gordon)

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10 comments:

Anonymous said...

The first gunpowder, spaghetti are found in Asia. Now Asia gets the credit for the first humans too.

Anonymous said...

Hooray!!!

Anonymous said...

Our birth mother is African in origin.

DNA says so.

Anonymous said...

The word "assumption" plays a big part in all of this. Don't believe everything they tell you.

Anonymous said...

Yuppers! All these are blatant lies. We came from Mars. Men, I mean. The ladies from Venus.

Anonymous said...

I don't know about the rest of you but my lady comes from Venus. She is so damn hot!

Anonymous said...

too early to tell...worth digging up more of early human remains in asia...if you can find them.

Chuang Shyue Chou said...

I see. XX ancestors was just found in Flores! Hahahahahah!

Anonymous said...

til then we believe the next theory

Anonymous said...

My mother say we all came from Adam and Eve.

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