[Boogieman]

Yes, they haven’t been looking as hard in Asia (and some other places) as they have in Africa, so it’s hardly surprising they keep finding things in Africa. Even so, they’ve found homo sapiens fossils in East Asia that they date to just about as old as the oldest they’ve found in Africa. Of course, that doesn’t fit their model, so they put an asterisk on it and never talk about it.

[Bernard Marx]

I've had those same thoughts and observations. Peking Man is quite a riddle. It's a pity the bones disappeared during WWII. Their mere existence indicates to me that there may be a much larger story if only political and economic restrictions allowed a more organized search in China.

Peking Man

[exDemMom]

Yes, they haven’t been looking as hard in Asia (and some other places) as they have in Africa, so it’s hardly surprising they keep finding things in Africa. Even so, they’ve found homo sapiens fossils in East Asia that they date to just about as old as the oldest they’ve found in Africa. Of course, that doesn’t fit their model, so they put an asterisk on it and never talk about it.

True, it doesn't go as far back as the fossils you were talking about, but what I find fascinating is that fossils of European type humans were found in South America, which date back (roughly) to when the Americas were colonized by Asians. I'd love to know what happened with them. If they interbred with the Asian settlers, there should still be some ancient European genetic markers in the populations in those areas.