Posted on 04/28/2005 7:33:06 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
New evidence challenges "Out-of-Africa" hypothesis of modern human origins
WUHAN, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese archaeologists said newly found evidence proves that a valley of Qingjiang River, a tributary on the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, might be one of the regions where Homo sapiens, or modern man, originated.
The finding challenges the "Out-of-Africa" hypothesis of modern human origins, according to which about 100,000 years ago modern humans originated in Africa, migrated to other continents, and replaced populations of archaic humans across the globe.
The finding comes from a large-scale excavation launched in the Qingjiang River Valley in 1980s when construction began on a range of hydropower stations on the Qingjiang River, a fellow researcher with the Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology.
Archaeologists discovered three human tooth fossils in one mountain cave in Mazhaping Village, in the Gaoping Township of Jianshi County, western Hubei Province, and found pieces of lithic technology and evidence of fire usage in Minor Cave in Banxia. There were similar findings in Nianyu Mountain and in Zhadong Cave in Banxia, all in Changyang Prefecture of the Qiangjiang River Valley.
A special research panel named the Jianshi Man research team has been set up to analyze the findings.
Zheng Shaohua, a member of the Jianshi man research team from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, confirmed the tooth fossils belonged to humans dating back between 2.15 and 1.95 million years ago.
The archaeologists also found fossils of bone implements in the cultural strata at the ruins where the human tooth fossils were discovered.
The fossilized bone implements bear traces of human beating, testifying that humans, not apes, lived inside the mountain cave, said Qiu Zhanxiang, another member on the Jianshi Man research team.
The pieces of lithic technology and traces of human fire usage found in Minor Cave in Banxia were said to date back 130,000 years, the ruins of human fire usage in Nianyu Mountain were dated as 120, 000 years or 90,000 years old, while pieces of lithic technology and traces of fire usage found in Zhadong Cave in Banxia, were dated as 27,000 years old, said Professor Zheng.
Before these latest archaeological findings, Chinese archaeologists had found fossils of what is now known as Changyang Man in 1957 under the leadership of renowned Chinese paleoanthropologist Jia Lanpo. Changyang Man represents early Homo sapiens dating back 200,000 years. The latest archaeological findings together with the earlier discovery of Changyang Man all prove there was continuity in Homo sapiens' development in China, said Liu Qingzhu, head of the Archaeology Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. "They are also of great significance to research on Paleolithic era in China and East Asia, and theories regarding multiple origins of mankind," said Liu.
Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS
You listened to those too? I thought they were hilarious!
"The fossilized bone implements bear traces of human beating, testifying that humans, not apes, lived inside the mountain cave, said Qiu Zhanxiang"
Human beating? Fruedian slip?
The Chinese have been trying to show that humanity arose in Asia (China) for quite some time now. Any "discoveries" about human origins reported by Chinese authourities are susupect.
The Chinese would very much like to not be from Africa. Imagine the boost the pan Sinicism that would come from any acceptance of the idea of a "separate" origin ...
This could help Vade's "out of Romania" theory. I can't evaluate whether this is worth a ping to the list. I'll let you guys decide. Lemme know.
According to the Master of Sinanju:
G-d decided to create men, so he used the dust of the earth to create the form, and popped it into an oven. He pulled the first one out too soon -- it was too pale.
So he created another one and popped it into an oven. He let this one go too long, and when he pulled it out, it was burnt - black.
Having learned from this experience, he created a third one, popped it into the oven, and pulled it out just in time for it to be golden tan. He called this just right and gave it life. Thus the first asian was born.
Of course, this was in Korea, not China.
Oak Hay... Thanks for revealing the absolute truth, and I now
stand corrected. Therefore... anyone with an ounce of brains
knows that planet Earth was not created more than 100,000 years
ago... rather, this young and feisty Earth is only 6,418 years old.
Period, end of argument !!! ;-))
Well, heck, somebody has to know. Why not me? ;)
Trident!
Ancient West Virginian skull found in China cave!
3 lousy teeth and NO other bones????
More fun!!
How can it be a hypothosis and a fact at the same time?
I guess the problem with being incredibly erudite and educated, almost perfect, nearly to the point of omniscience, is that when you DO make a teeny tiny little mistake...
We all have problems. Yours sounds like it must be all but unbearable. But you handle it so well.
I always wondered why I liked moo shoo pork so much ....
Especially, Gladly, the Cross-Eyed Bear.
The Scars of Evolution"The most remarkable aspect of Todaro's discovery emerged when he examined Homo Sapiens for the 'baboon marker'. It was not there... Todaro drew one firm conclusion. 'The ancestors of man did not develop in a geographical area where they would have been in contact with the baboon. I would argue that the data we are presenting imply a non-African origin of man millions of years ago.'"
by Elaine Morgan
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