Chinese challenge to 'out of Africa' theory

bono · 11-02-2009, 10:46 PM

"The discovery of an early human fossil in southern China may challenge the commonly held idea that modern humans originated out of Africa.

Jin Changzhu and colleagues of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, announced to Chinese media last week that they have uncovered a 110,000 year old putative Homo sapiens mandible from a cave in southern China's Guangxi province."

NewScientist

jetsetter · 11-02-2009, 11:10 PM

This figures nicely into their mentality.

Stormy · 11-02-2009, 11:13 PM

Here are a few other recent reports if you're interested -

Early Human Ancestor Disproved?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...disproved.html

Malawi could be the cradle of humankind
http://www.reuters.com/article/scien...59M40820091023

New Fossil Primate Suggests Common Asian Ancestor, Challenges Primates Such As 'Ida'
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0630202125.htm

Mofreaka · 11-03-2009, 12:42 AM

Humans are also believed to have lived in the Americas much like the cradle of civilization in Mesopotamia, no big deal lol.

stelios1984 · 11-03-2009, 07:05 AM

I always believed in the Hanspermia theory

rgjbloke · 11-03-2009, 07:27 AM

I wasn't around when the human race started so I'm kind of who cares really. I'm just gonna go with the flow.

Rakki · 11-03-2009, 07:35 AM

Aliens snatched some proto-simians, genetically modified them then plunked them down all over the planet.

Hence the confusion.

ayanami_tard · 11-03-2009, 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mofreaka

Humans are also believed to have lived in the Americas much like the cradle of civilization in Mesopotamia, no big deal lol.

once upon a time,alaska and siberia is connected.

africa is a lush,fertile area and antartica is green

Seek · 11-03-2009, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mofreaka

Humans are also believed to have lived in the Americas much like the cradle of civilization in Mesopotamia, no big deal lol.

humans have been there way before anything we could call a zivilization...

Jelle H. · 11-03-2009, 10:49 AM

Modern humans out of Africa are yet to be found..

bono · 11-03-2009, 11:08 AM

Chimpanzee genome project

"Human and common chimpanzee chromosomes are very similar. The primary difference is that humans have one fewer pair of chromosomes than do other great apes. In the human evolutionary lineage, two ancestral ape chromosomes appear to have fused at their telomeres producing human chromosome two.[1] There are nine other major chromosomal differences between chimpanzees and humans: chromosome segment inversions on human chromosomes 1, 4, 5, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17, and 18. After the completion of the Human genome project, a Common Chimpanzee genome project was initiated. In December of 2003, a preliminary analysis of 7600 genes shared between the two genomes confirmed that certain genes such as the forkhead-box P2transcription factor, which is involved in speech development, are different in the human lineage. Several genes involved in hearing were also found to have changed during human evolution, suggesting selection involving human language-related behavior."

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rakki

Aliens snatched some proto-simians, genetically modified them then plunked them down all over the planet.

Hence the confusion.

Storm_82 · 11-03-2009, 12:12 PM

Humans originated from China?

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Stormy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,775	Here are a few other recent reports if you're interested - Early Human Ancestor Disproved? http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...disproved.html Malawi could be the cradle of humankind http://www.reuters.com/article/scien...59M40820091023 New Fossil Primate Suggests Common Asian Ancestor, Challenges Primates Such As 'Ida' http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0630202125.htm

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