[JimSEA]

The Achilles' heel of the orient-origin theory is that human fossil records do not exist on the mainland from 50,000 to 100,000 years ago.

Actually, the problem is in the DNA evidence of a spread from Africa -- basically, no "unexplainable" introductions of non-African lines. Other accounts of this find talk about a "low" forehead and pronounced brow ridges. The "orthodox" Chinese position is that modern humans came from China. This seems to be a fix so that the find fits the "theory".

[Towed_Jumper]

“The “orthodox” Chinese position is that modern humans came from China.”

So are you telling us that the Chinese are now claiming that all of mankind was “Made in China”? Will people now be available for sale at WalMart? /s

[charles m]

The "orthodox" Chinese position is that modern humans came from China.

I thought the orthodox Chinese position is multiregional or hybrid origin of modern mankind. In other words, Neanderthals contribute to Europeans and Peking Man contribute to East Asians.