Just a couple weeks ago I read that 2.1 million year old Homo Erectus stone artifacts were found in China.
The trajectory of hominid and human emergence seem to be One Way Only - older, and older, and older.
Round round get around we get around.
Oldest Tools Outside Africa Found, Rewriting Human Story
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3670229/posts
On Crete, New Evidence of Very Ancient Mariners [2010]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2453256/posts