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China's Earliest Modern Human Found

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-is-old-is-new dept.

The remains of one of the earliest modern humans to inhabit eastern Asia have been unearthed in China. The find could shed light on how our ancestors colonized the East. Researchers found 34 bone fragments belonging to a single individual at the Tianyuan Cave, near Beijing.

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  1. Re:Other things interest me besides... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This research has the potential to explain a great many mysteries. The article tells us that scientists have already found that the true Homo sapiens from Africa may have mated with archaic humans in East Asia who had "large front teeth" in order to form the sort of peoples that one finds there today.

    Perhaps further investigation will find that the modern humans who journeyed to Scotland encountered archaic humans who were characteristically tight-fisted, while the archaic humans in archaic Ireland were always drinking and getting into fights. There is great potential for some amazing scientific discoveries here!

  2. Re:Actually it is that old. by totallyscrewed · · Score: 0, Troll

    Actually, the Zoroastrians don't exist; they were wiped out by the Muslims.